Nexon Builds Integrated Data Platform 'Monolake' with Snowflake

Nexon announced on the 20th that it has built an integrated data platform called 'Monolake' in collaboration with global data cloud company Snowflake, which standardizes and stores extensive data.

On the 13th, Jaemyeon Lee, Head of Data Engineering Team at Nexon, introduced Mono Lake. [Photo by Nexon]

Monolake is a platform that gathers data scattered across multiple locations into one place for efficient analysis and utilization. It was introduced to solve the problem of difficulty in sharing distributed internal data amid increasing data volume during game live services and new game development processes.

Monolake standardizes the vast amount of data generated in real-time and undergoes the same loading process. This has improved the efficiency of data batch processing. The time to process approximately 100 terabytes (TB) of data generated daily, over 8,000 events, and more than 45 billion logs has been reduced from 2 hours to about 5 minutes.

The same platform is applied to existing data stored in Japanese and North American subsidiaries as well as externally, enabling data sharing without separate migration work. It is expected to reduce the time and cost required for data infrastructure management.

Through Monolake, Nexon plans to discover meaningful data and insights and plan new data services. On the 13th, it held the 'Monolake Incoming Day' event for employees, sharing ways to utilize the platform for enhancing game services such as real-time detection of abnormal user behavior and increasing communication between users and operators.

Ryu Cheong-hoon, head of Nexon's Technology Division, said, "Since adopting the data solution, we have been testing various detailed technologies that can improve Nexon's infrastructure environment," adding, "As the efficiency of company-wide data sharing has increased, we will build data competitiveness that can enhance user experience."