全球投资公司布鲁克菲尔德已委任KB国民银行担任韩国有史以来最大规模银团贷款的牵头主办行，该笔贷款将用于资助购买供韩国科技巨头Naver公司使用的AI芯片。
Global investment firm Brookfield has tapped KB Kookmin Bank to be lead arranger for South Korea’s largest-ever syndicated loan that will help finance the purchase of AI chips to be used by domestic tech giant Naver Corp.
国民银行周日在声明中表示，融资所得款项将用于采购包括图形处理单元在内的AI算力基础设施。据该行称，这笔10.7万亿韩元（约合80亿美元）的贷款是总额12.6万亿韩元融资包的一部分。
The proceeds from the financing will be used to procure AI computing infrastructure, including graphic processing units, KB said in a statement Sunday. The 10.7 trillion won ($8 billion) loan is part of a larger package worth 12.6 trillion won, according to the bank.
据该行透露，这笔交易标志着韩国首笔大规模GPU融资，AI芯片将以长期租赁方式提供给Naver Cloud。亚洲的银行和私人信贷基金正在扩大AI融资范围，不仅涵盖数据中心建设，还覆盖为其提供动力的芯片等硬件。
The deal marks South Korea’s first sizable GPU financing and the AI chips will be leased to Naver Cloud on a long-term basis, according to the bank. Banks and private credit funds in Asia are expanding AI financing to cover not just the construction of data centers but also the hardware that powers them, such as chips.
由布鲁克菲尔德设立的特殊目的公司将采购AI基础设施。据国民银行称，其他韩国主要金融机构也参与了这笔交易。
A special purpose company established by Brookfield will procure the AI infrastructure. Other major Korean financial institutions are also participating in the deal, according to KB.