Nvidia and Firmus Launch 360MW AI Factory in Indonesia, Targeting $30B in Deals
Summary: Firmus Technologies and Nvidia have announced a 360-megawatt Nvidia DSX AI Factory campus in Batam, Indonesia. The facility will house up to 170,000 Nvidia AI accelerator chips and is designed as a multi-tenant hub for AI-native customers — a departure from Firmus's Australian projects, which focus on hyperscaler clients.
Key Points
- 360MW campus in Batam, Indonesia; targeting Q1 2027 launch
- Up to 170,000 Nvidia AI accelerator chips to be deployed through 2027–2028
- Expected $25–30B in committed offtake agreements across the first six years
- Firmus raised $505M in April 2026 at a $5.5B valuation, with Coatue Management leading and Nvidia participating
- Nvidia's role goes beyond chip supply: the partnership includes a revenue-sharing and credit-support agreement, making Nvidia a de facto equity partner in the infrastructure
Why It Matters
Southeast Asia is emerging as a serious AI infrastructure battleground, driven by proximity to fast-growing Asian AI markets, competitive power costs, and rising sovereign demand for independent AI compute. More broadly, this deal illustrates Nvidia's evolving strategy: by pairing chip supply with revenue-sharing deals, it is extending its dominance from the hardware layer into the data center business itself — a moat that compounds with each new partner.
Further Reading
- Nvidia-backed Firmus: 360MW AI data centre in Indonesia — The Next Web
- AI Startup Firmus to Build Data Center With Nvidia — Bloomberg