Nvidia-backed Firmus signs deal with OpenAI for Malaysia data centre capacity
The deal lifts Firmus’ contracted capacity to more than 900 megawatts as demand for AI infrastructure intensifies, Reuters said.
- On Tuesday, Firmus signed a multi-year deal to supply computing capacity from two Malaysian data centres, establishing ChatGPT-maker OpenAI as an anchor customer amid surging demand for AI infrastructure.
- The agreement highlights the intensifying race among global AI groups to secure power and data centre capacity for advanced models, as Malaysia becomes Southeast Asia's fastest-growing data centre market.
- Firmus, valued at above $10.5 billion and backed by Nvidia, Jane Street, Blackstone, and Coatue Management, has raised its total contracted capacity across customers to more than 900 megawatts.
- The contract serves as a strategic win for Firmus ahead of a highly anticipated $15.5 billion Australian sharemarket float expected later this year, drumming up significant investor interest.
- Firmus plans to deploy Nvidia's Vera Rubin processors at scale across Asia-Pacific, though the rapid buildout in Malaysia has drawn scrutiny regarding the region's electricity and water consumption.
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OpenAI is buying Malaysian compute from a Sydney company
An Australian company will build data centres in Malaysia and fill them with American chips. It will sell the output to an American company. Its co-chief executive calls this the moment Asia-Pacific stops consuming intelligence and starts producing it. Firmus announced the partnership from Sydney on Tuesday. OpenAI will contract dedicated compute from two Firmus […] This story continues at The Next Web
Data center operator Firmus, supported by Nvidia, will provide computing capacity for OpenAI from two data centers planned in Malaysia, at a time when demand for infrastructure and advanced artificial intelligence continues to fire in the region. The multi-year contract for the facilities of "AI factories" will make ChatGPT's developer an anchor client, informed Australian Firmus on Tuesday (8). Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full a…
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