Firebird Plans 2-Gigawatt Global AI Factory Network
Following the launch of its first AI factory in Armenia, Firebird is expanding its global infrastructure pipeline to two gigawatts to bring advanced computing to frontier markets.
On August 8, 2026, infrastructure provider Firebird officially opened its first AI factory in Hrazdan, Armenia, while revealing plans to build a global pipeline reaching 2 gigawatts of capacity by the end of 2028. The newly operational Armenia facility is designed to scale beyond 70,000 NVIDIA Rubin and Blackwell GPUs and 300 megawatts of capacity by the end of 2027. Built on the NVIDIA DSX AI Factory reference design with Spectrum-X Ethernet networking, the site is engineered to maximize efficiency in frontier markets.
For AI practitioners and developers, this deployment model offers a significant boost in hardware density. By utilizing NVIDIA's DSX platform, which co-designs compute, networking, power, and cooling, the facility can host up to 40% more GPUs within the same physical footprint. The system uses MaxLPS software to dynamically manage power at the GPU, rack, and workload levels, recovering stranded capacity within a fixed megawatt budget. This allows operators to provision more hardware under tight power constraints, ultimately driving down the cost per token for running large-scale models.
Beyond Armenia, Firebird has secured 125 megawatts of capacity at Data Center Valley in Kazakhstan. This second market has already received approvals from the Kazakh government and a crucial export authorization from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security. This regulatory clearance ensures that advanced hardware can legally ship to the region. The company's momentum has attracted early customers like Perplexity, which is utilizing the cluster for its answer engine and digital coworker platform. Additionally, NVIDIA has signaled its intention to invest in Firebird, following a previous investment from CoreWeave in 2026.
The Hrazdan opening represents the realization of a multi-stage rollout. In November 2025, Firebird announced a $500 million initial investment featuring Dell PowerEdge servers and Blackwell GPUs. By February 2026, the project scaled to a $4 billion Phase Two, securing export licensing for an additional 41,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs. By securing both local government approvals and U.S. export licenses before construction, Firebird is establishing a repeatable blueprint for deploying high-performance compute in underserved regions.
This is our own summary of reporting by Unite.AI
