Firmus, Nvidia partner to build 170,000-GPU AI facility in Indonesia

Australian AI infrastructure startup Firmus Technologies has announced a long-term partnership with Nvidia to establish a dedicated AI campus in Batam, Indonesia.

The campus will provide large-scale AI computing resources for enterprise, independent software vendor (ISV), and AI-native clients worldwide.

Under the agreement, Firmus will create a 360-megawatt (MW) Nvidia DSX AI Factory campus, set to feature up to 170,000 Nvidia AI accelerators.

The facility is scheduled to begin deploying Vera-Rubin, Grace-Blackwell, and Vera platform accelerators through 2027 and 2028, which would make it one of the largest AI infrastructure projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration is expected to run until 2034.

Firmus stated that the venture would allow global customers to access Nvidia's AI accelerated computing stack through a structure combining revenue sharing and credit support.

Through this, Firmus will offer cloud-based Nvidia infrastructure, with Nvidia receiving both standard product revenue and a portion of revenue generated from cloud services sold on the platform.

According to Firmus, based on current customer commitments, it anticipates between $25bn and $30bn in

Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/firmus-nvidia-partner-build-170-111528947.html)