Nvidia is partnering with companies in Australia to help expand AI infrastructure capacity in the country.

The chip designer is collaborating with companies including Firmus, Sharon AI, Iren, ResetData, Megaport, CDC, NextDC, and AirTrunk, with the target of bringing 2GW of compute online by 2027.

The companies are collaborating to expand land, power, and shell capacity to host Nvidia infrastructure and to support the country's demand for AI compute. The partners will operate AI data centers with the Nvidia DSX platform.

“AI factories turn energy into intelligence — the essential resource of the AI economy,” said Raj Mirpuri, vice president of global AI clouds and infrastructure ecosystem at Nvidia. “Nvidia DSX is a full-stack platform compatible with the CUDA ecosystem and enhanced through software over the life of the infrastructure, making AI factories more productive, fungible and durable — and a new investable asset class. Through our partnerships with Australian NCPs, this infrastructure can support multiple generations of Nvidia compute and expand local access to accelerated computing and Nvidia Nemotron open models, helping Australian innovators build AI at home.”

Firmus is expanding its Project Southgate initiative as part of the collaboration, while Sharon AI is deploying up to 68,000 Nvidia GPUs using the DSX platform. Iren, another neocloud partner, is combining the DSX AI factory architecture with its power, land, data centers, GPU deployment, and infrastructure operations, and Megaport is expanding access to Nvidia compute through its Latitude.sh subsidiary.

“Building AI infrastructure at scale requires integrating every layer: data centers, compute and software,” said Daniel Roberts, co-founder and co-CEO of Iren. “Combining Iren's vertically integrated platform with the Nvidia DSX AI factory reference architecture provides a repeatable blueprint to bring capacity online at scale. We are applying that blueprint across our development portfolio, bringing Iren's proven international delivery and operating experience to our 800MW Bundey campus in South Australia.”

The data center operators partnering with Nvidia, meanwhile, have made sure their facilities are suitable for the high-density deployments.

AirTrunk is currently expanding AI-ready powered shells across the region, including direct-to-chip liquid-cooling infrastructure designed to support high-density AI workloads.

“AI is reshaping hyperscale infrastructure in Australia, driving new approaches to location, capacity, cooling, power and connectivity,” said Damien Spillane, chief customer and innovation officer of AirTrunk. “AirTrunk is innovating to meet this demand while creating skilled expertise, capability and economic value in Australia.”