Arvica Cloud, an Australia-based AI cloud provider, is planning to deploy a modular, liquid-cooled Edge data center in Swanbank, Queensland.

As reported by SMBTech, the data center will be "compact" and designed to accommodate next-generation GPU hardware with liquid cooling.

According to Arvica, the company will deploy coolant distribution units (CDUs), alongside supplementary air cooling, with the aim of achieving an annual power usage effectiveness of 1.3 or lower.

Construction and deployment will follow a modular approach. Each module will be designed to meet the requirements of current and upcoming AI hardware, including between 150 and 250kW racks, drawing on the needs of Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin systems.

Currently, the company is targeting an initial deployment of a 1.5MVA grid connection and between 600 and 800kW of IT capacity. A second stage could see this increase to 2.2MW of IT capacity.

“Competition in AI infrastructure is shifting from GPU counts toward energy efficiency and upgradeability,” the company stated.

“We want to use more compact, more efficient facilities to support the deployment of next-generation computing platforms in Australia.”

The project remains at very early stages, with the company still choosing a site and working on securing a grid connection. Currently, it is hoped that operations will begin in 2028.

Information about Arvica Cloud online is sparse beyond the fact that the company offers GPU cloud compute capacity in Australia and APAC, including Nvidia H200, B200, and B300s.