英偉達 公司正與澳大利亞初創公司 Firmus Technologies Ltd. 合作，在澳大利亞全國范圍內打造由可再生能源驅動的龐大人工智能數據中心群。

Firmus 在一份聲明中表示，Southgate 項目已在墨爾本和塔斯馬尼亞建設兩個數據中心。該項目耗資 45 億澳元（約合 29 億美元），將使用 150 兆瓦的電力。這些設施將使用 英偉達的 GB300 芯片，預計將于 4 月上線。

該公司表示，到 2028 年，該項目最終可能將使用 1.6 千兆瓦的電力，總投資額將達到 733 億澳元。據該公司稱，這將支持新增 5.1 千兆瓦的風能、太陽能和水力發電能力。根據彭博新能源財經的數據，這相當于澳大利亞總裝機容量的 5% 左右。

建設清潔能源數據中心有助于刺激對大型可再生能源項目的需求，這些項目一直被提議在澳大利亞廣闊的空曠地區建設，那里陽光充足、風能充足。

Firmus 聯合首席執行官奧利弗·柯蒂斯 (Oliver Curtis) 在一份聲明中表示：“Southgate 項目是澳大利亞如何在可擴展、自主的人工智能基礎設施領域引領世界發展的藍圖。”

Nvidia Partners in $2.9 Billion Australia Data Center Drive

Nvidia Corp. is partnering with Australian startup Firmus Technologies Ltd. to create a massive fleet of renewable energy-powered artificial intelligence data centers across the country.

Construction is already underway on two data centers in Melbourne and Tasmania for Project Southgate, an A$4.5 billion ($2.9 billion) undertaking that will utilize 150 megawatts of power, Firmus said in a statement. Facilities will use Nvidia's GB300 chips and are expected to come online by April.

The project could eventually be expanded to use 1.6 gigawatts of power at a total investment of A$73.3 billion by 2028, the company said. That would support the development of 5.1 gigawatts of new wind, solar and hydropower capacity, according to the firm. That would be equivalent to about 5% of the nation's total installed power capacity, according to BloombergNEF data.

Building clean energy data centers could help boost demand for massive renewable projects that have been mooted for Australia's vast stretches of empty terrain rich in sunlight and wind.

"Project Southgate is a blueprint for how Australia can lead the world in scalable, sovereign AI infrastructure," Oliver Curtis, co-chief executive officer for Firmus, said in a statement.