Nvidia and Firmus Power Up AI Data Centers Across Asia-Pacific

Firmus Technologies, backed by Nvidia, is gearing up to build a massive AI data center in Indonesia. The project will deliver 360 megawatts of power in Batam. This AI factory will house 170,000 Nvidia AI accelerator chips through 2027 and 2028.

Firmus expects committed offtake deals worth between $25 billion and $30 billion during the first six years. These contracts reflect strong demand for AI infrastructure. Co-CEO Tim Rosenfield said, “We’re building our business based on demand that we’re seeing from customers and contracts that we’re closing.”

Firmus started in 2019 as a Bitcoin mining operation in Tasmania. It has since transformed into a $5.5 billion AI infrastructure company. In April 2026, Firmus raised $505 million to fund expansion. They have plans for more data centers across Australia and Singapore. One major project includes a 1.6 gigawatt development with CDC Data Centers in Australia by 2028.

AI Infrastructure Investment Grows Fast

Firmus isn’t alone in this AI infrastructure boom. Blackstone-backed AirTrunk committed $30 billion to data centers in India. Argentum AI, a GPU infrastructure provider, signed a $4.1 billion deal for about 27,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs. Argentum plans to roll out these GPUs in phases this year through its cloud platform.

Andrew Sobko, Argentum AI’s founder and CEO, said, “AI demand continues to outpace infrastructure availability across the market.” He added, “This agreement demonstrates the increasing need for large-scale AI cloud capacity and validates Argentum’s ability to rapidly deliver next-generation GPU infrastructure for the world’s leading AI organizations.” Argentum has facilities or contracts in more than 15 countries and is also working on a $2.5 billion data center project in Poland with partners Boosteroid and DL Invest Group.

Australia’s NextDC Joins the Race

NextDC, another Australian data center operator, is building a multi-billion-dollar AI-focused facility in Sydney. They partnered with OpenAI for this project. The Sydney site will support high-security, mission-critical workloads. It is scheduled to open in the second half of 2027.

This campus aims to serve clients like the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Wesfarmers. It will support sectors such as government, defence, finance, education, and healthcare. The expansion reflects growing demand for AI-ready data centers in Australia.

Meanwhile, Nvidia’s own data center revenue jumped 68% year over year in fiscal 2026, hitting $193.7 billion. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang envisions transforming data centers into “AI Factories” to advance Agentic AI development. Nvidia’s growth stems from demand for infrastructure based on their Blackwell platform and Vera Rubin architecture. The Vera Rubin system handles complex thinking and decision-making with its Rubin GPU and Vera CPU. Nvidia’s data center segment now makes up almost 90% of their total revenue.

Firmus and its partners are riding this wave of AI infrastructure growth. Their Batam project is expected to go live in 2027. With billions in contracts and access to massive Nvidia GPU supplies, they are positioned to be a key player in AI data centers across the Asia-Pacific region.