NHN Cloud announced on November 6 that it hosted its first partner seminar in Japan to expand collaboration with local companies. Its Japanese subsidiary, NHN Cloud Japan, held the event on November 5 at its Tokyo office building, NHN Atelier.
Targeting prospective local partner companies, the 1st NHN Cloud Japan CONNECT Seminar (hereinafter referred to as the seminar) served as a venue to propose collaborative approaches combining the capabilities of each company to target the Japanese market together. Companies from the IT services, data center, and artificial intelligence (AI) solution sectors attended, and NHN Cloud stated that most participating companies responded positively to establishing partnerships.
The Japanese market context presented by NHN Cloud includes the government's plan to invest over 1 trillion yen in the AI sector by 2027, along with combined public-private investments scaling to 10 trillion yen. In response to the demand for cloud transformation and AI transformation (AX), the company plans to build a partner ecosystem with local enterprises and expand its business.
At the event, NHN Cloud CEO Kim Dong-hoon explained key achievements and current status of its Japanese operations. This was followed by sharing the Japanese subsidiary's business structure and future roadmap, as well as introducing solutions used for AI development and operations, such as GPU Live and Agent Studio. Network and security specialist PIOLINK and Japanese IT service provider RSP also participated, presenting ways to integrate their services with NHN Cloud.
NHN Cloud's business in Japan began with the opening of its Tokyo Region in 2018. Since then, it established a local subsidiary and fulfilled local regulatory requirements to lay its business foundation, supporting cloud transformation for Japanese companies across various industries, including gaming and edtech.
In April this year, it participated in Japan IT Week Spring 2026. At the time, it introduced AI infrastructure services and industry-specific cloud use cases to local companies and partners, and it plans to continue expanding operations centered on its Japanese subsidiary leveraging this seminar.
CEO Kim Dong-hoon stated, “NHN Cloud, which has grown into a leading domestic CSP and AI infrastructure provider, organized this partner seminar to collaborate with prominent Japanese companies and support local cloud transformation and AX. We will continue to expand our local business centered on our Japanese subsidiary to establish ourselves as a highly trusted major CSP in Japan, following our success in Korea.”
