NVIDIA and 8 Australian data center firms plan up to 2GW of AI factory capacity
Announced that it will work with 8 Australian data center operators (Firmus, Sharon AI, IREN, Megaport, ResetData, CDC, NEXTDC, AirTrunk) to build up to 2 gigawatts of AI factory capacity by 2027. Sharon AI plans to deploy up to 68,000 NVIDIA GPUs, and IREN is developing the 800-megawatt Bundey campus in South Australia. Applies Quantum InfiniBand, Spectrum-X Ethernet and direct liquid cooling on the NVIDIA DSX platform, and says CDC's facilities use 100% renewable energy. The total investment was not disclosed.
Why it matters
A phase of the sovereign-infrastructure race in which AI infrastructure investment spreads beyond the US and the Middle East into mid-sized Asia-Pacific markets.
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