NVIDIA has announced a sweeping expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure in Australia, partnering with eight local data center and cloud providers to build out what the company describes as a network of AI factories capable of delivering up to two gigawatts of capacity by 2027.

The collaborators are Firmus, Sharon AI, IREN, Megaport, ResetData, CDC, NEXTDC, and AirTrunk, will operate facilities designed to host multiple generations of NVIDIA's DSX compute infrastructure. NVIDIA will supply the DSX platform, accelerated computing hardware, networking, software, and ecosystem support across the participating providers.

The DSX Platform at the Center of the Push

NVIDIA's DSX is described in the announcement as a full-stack AI factory platform spanning facilities infrastructure, computing, networking, software and reference designs.

The company says DSX is compatible with the NVIDIA CUDA ecosystem and is designed to be enhanced through software updates over the life of the infrastructure.

NVIDIA frames DSX as enabling operators to serve a broad range of workloads and customers, improve performance and utilization, and extend the useful life of their assets.

The company characterizes AI factories built on the platform as a new investable asset class, pointing to what it calls the infrastructure's productivity, fungibility, durability, rentability, and long-term economics.

Raj Mirpuri, vice president of global AI clouds and infrastructure ecosystem at NVIDIA, said in the announcement that AI factories "turn energy into intelligence, the essential resource of the AI economy.

" He added that the DSX platform's compatibility with the CUDA ecosystem and its software-driven improvements over time make AI factories more productive, fungible and durable."

Partner-by-Partner Commitments

Each of the eight partners is taking a distinct approach to the buildout. Firmus is expanding its Project Southgate initiative, which the company describes as developing NVIDIA-powered AI factories to support hyperscale and AI-native demand across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Oliver Curtis, cofounder and co-CEO of Firmus, said the initiative represents "a tangible commitment to building Australia's AI future" and is aimed at giving Australian businesses, researchers and innovators access to computing capacity domestically while positioning the country to meet broader regional demand.

Sharon AI is deploying up to 68,000 NVIDIA GPUs connected with NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand and NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet networking. The company says it is using the DSX platform to support startups, enterprises, and research organizations. James Manning, cofounder and CEO of Sharon AI, said building on DSX equips the company to bring gigawatt-scale AI factories to Australian enterprises, researchers, government agencies and AI-native companies.

Manning framed the effort in terms of digital sovereignty, saying that AI potential "only becomes real capability when organizations can access world-class compute without compromising on security or sovereignty."

IREN is combining NVIDIA's DSX AI factory architecture with what it describes as its own vertically integrated expertise across power, land, data centers, GPU deployment and infrastructure operations.

Daniel Roberts, cofounder and co-CEO of IREN, said that building AI infrastructure at scale requires integrating every layer, including data centers, compute, and software, and that combining IREN's platform with the DSX reference architecture addresses that need.

The remaining partners, Megaport, ResetData, CDC, NEXTDC and AirTrun, are also identified as already investing in NVIDIA DSX AI factories to deliver high-performance AI compute to organizations across Australia, though the announcement does not provide individual statements or project specifics for each of those five.

Access for Startups, Universities and Enterprises

NVIDIA says the expanded infrastructure is intended to serve Australian startups, universities, researchers, enterprises, developers and AI-native companies. The announcement specifically names Heidi and Atlassian as organizations that will have access to expanded accelerated computing and NVIDIA Nemotron open models to build regional AI models, applications, and agents.

The company said NVIDIA Nemotron open models will be made more accessible through the infrastructure expansion, enabling organizations to develop what it calls locally relevant models, applications and agents for industries nationwide.

Australia's Infrastructure as a Foundation

NVIDIA's announcement points to several characteristics of Australia that it says make the country a suitable location for this scale of AI infrastructure investment.

These include the country's established sustainable energy and digital infrastructure, its technology talent base, and its reputation as a trusted global economic partner.

The company said growing AI adoption across industries is increasing demand for high-performance computing and that expanding capacity in Australia will not only serve local innovators but will also support additional power generation projects to meet regional and global demand for AI compute.

The participating providers will operate the AI factories themselves under the arrangement, with NVIDIA's role centered on supplying the DSX platform and associated technologies rather than operating facilities directly.

The announcement, made from Melbourne on September 9, 2026, positions the collaboration as a response to surging demand from AI labs and AI-native startups in particular.

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