# Firmus Strikes Nvidia Deal to Deploy 170,000 GPUs > Source: > Published: 2026-06-29 04:14:06+00:00 For teams priced out of frontier compute, this is another neocloud betting that cheaper, dedicated GPU capacity is the wedge against the hyperscalers. Australian AI-infrastructure company Firmus Technologies signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia to give emerging AI firms more cost-effective access to GPUs, the companies told Reuters. Under the deal, Firmus buys Nvidia infrastructure and sells Nvidia-powered cloud services to AI Native customers, with Nvidia earning both product revenue and a share of cloud revenue, an arrangement that deepens Nvidia's existing position as a Firmus investor. The agreement covers 170,000 GPUs deployed from the first quarter of 2027 to the start of 2028, sited in Batam, Indonesia. Firmus said it expects up to $30 billion in revenue over the first six years based on customer commitments. Co-CEO Tim Rosenfield framed the deal as closing the compute gap between small firms and large incumbents.