Naver GAK Chuncheon

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Naver GAK Chuncheon is a data center in Chuncheon, South Korea, operated by Naver Cloud, with 40 MW of published IT capacity, currently operational, opened in 2013.

Naver's first self-built data center, opened in 2013 on a hillside outside Chuncheon and cooled largely with outside air drawn from the surrounding forest.

Naver GAK Chuncheon — schematic illustration — Schematic illustration based on published specifications, not a photograph · air-cooled · in operation

Operator: Naver Cloud
City: Chuncheon, South Korea
Power, MW: 40 MW
Cooling: Air
Opened: 2013

LEED Platinum

Coloprice Score

30 out of 100

Class E · #13 of 38 in South Korea

Resilience0/35
Compliance4/20
Transparency6/20
Scale11/15
Maturity9/10

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GAK Chuncheon was Naver's first self-built data center, opened in June 2013 on the outskirts of Gubong Mountain in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, roughly 100 km northeast of Seoul. The site was chosen for its cool climate and proximity to hydroelectric generation, letting the facility rely on outside-air free cooling for most of the year; Naver has cited an annual PUE below 1.2. Racks are built around 51U enclosures holding 44 servers each, with standard zones delivering about 6.6 kW per rack and select high-density server rooms reaching 11 kW. The building was the world's first data center to receive LEED Platinum certification and has been cited in international design surveys for its hillside site and extensive green roofing. More than a decade after opening, GAK Chuncheon remains part of Naver's production fleet alongside the newer, much larger GAK Sejong campus, though Naver has not disclosed current utilization or server counts for the older site.