- Firebird’s Armenian facility is planned around 6,144 NVIDIA B200 Blackwell GPUs and roughly 15–18 megawatts of power capacity. [1] - The first phase has been backed by a planned $500 million investment, $60 million in disclosed bank financing and an Armenian government compute-access program valued at $25 million. [2][3] - Customers can seek on-demand cloud or dedicated bare-metal access; Firebird says 90% of the compute will be opened to U.S. companies in the region.
[1] Firebird has launched what NVIDIA describes as the Commonwealth of Independent States’ largest AI factory, a facility near Hrazdan, Armenia, built with Dell Technologies servers and 6,144 NVIDIA B200 Blackwell GPUs. Firebird’s own infrastructure page lists the site at 15 megawatts, while Armenian officials have described the first phase as an approximately 18-megawatt data center. [1][4]
A commercial launch ahead of the wider buildout #
The launch makes compute available through Firebird’s cloud platform and dedicated bare-metal servers, although the company is still collecting early-access requests rather than publishing a customer roster or utilization figures. Firebird says the Armenian site will serve domestic demand and open 90% of its capacity to U.S. companies operating in the region. [1]
The full first-phase deployment is still being completed. A June 2 report said Armenia had received 1,792 of the planned 6,144 Blackwell GPUs, and described the facility as entering the implementation phase. Firebird now lists the 6,144-GPU factory as its flagship operating platform, but has not disclosed how many GPUs are currently available to customers. [4][5]
Public and private financing #
Firebird previously announced approximately $500 million for the first phase. Ameriabank disclosed a $60 million financing commitment for construction in March, while the Armenian government allocated 957.9 million drams in July to purchase GPU computing capacity from Firebird. A separate government-Firebird program provides Armenian startups, universities, researchers and public institutions access to high-performance compute for five years. [3][6]
The facility uses liquid cooling and redundant power infrastructure supplied by vendors including Vertiv and Schneider Electric. The public announcements reviewed for this story specify the power requirement and cooling system, but do not identify whether the electricity will come from renewable generation, natural gas, nuclear power or a dedicated power-purchase agreement. [1][4]
Companies mentioned #
Further sources #
[1] Firebird’s infrastructure site lists the Armenian flagship at 6,144 NVIDIA B200… ↗ [2] Firebird and Dell announced a $500 million first-phase investment plan for the … ↗
[3] Ameriabank disclosed $60 million in financing for construction of Firebird’s AI… ↗ [4] Armenian reporting described the first phase as an approximately 18 MW Hrazdan … ↗
[5] Armenian reporting said the initial shipment contained 1,792 GPUs out of the pl… ↗
[6] The Armenian government said it allocated 957.9 million drams to acquire GPU co… ↗ The stories that matter, in one email. Free — unsubscribe anytime.