The Gigawatt Problem

Fifty-five megawatts. That is the power draw NAVER&rsquo;s GAK Sejong data center will pull when its first AI factory phase comes online in early 2027 — the floor, not the ceiling. The ceiling is a gigawatt. One billion watts, sustained, for the purpose of matrix multiplication. To put that in a frame most people can feel: a gigawatt is roughly the output of a nuclear reactor. NAVER is not…