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Firmus lands USD $10 billion to fund AI factories push

Firmus secures USD $10 billion debt led by Blackstone and backed by Coatue to supercharge Australia's nationwide AI factories rollout.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026

Global Stories

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Software-as-a-Service

VAST Data hits $30bn valuation after $1bn Series F round

The fresh capital will fund global expansion as investors back VAST’s AI infrastructure software, now valued at USD $30 billion after its latest round.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month

DataCentre infrastructure

Firmus wins USD $505 million AI infrastructure boost

The funding would help Firmus expand AI factories across Asia-Pacific, as demand for compute outpaces available capacity and power supply.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Last month

Hyperscale

Firmus inks multi-year Nvidia AI factory deal in Melbourne

Firmus secures multi-year deal to host about 18,400 Nvidia GB300 GPUs in Melbourne, marking a major step for Australia's AI factory ambitions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2026

DataCentre infrastructure

Firmus picks VAST Data OS to power APAC AI factories

Firmus selects VAST Data OS to underpin sovereign, energy-aware AI factories across APAC, targeting tens of thousands of GPUs.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Wed, 25th Feb 2026

Hyperscale

Firmus secures AUD $500m to expand AI infrastructure across Australia

Firmus has raised AUD $500 million to expand its AI infrastructure Project Southgate across Australia, boosting local manufacturing and jobs.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Tue, 18th Nov 2025

Hybrid Cloud

NVIDIA launches DGX Cloud Lepton to link global GPU networks

NVIDIA launches DGX Cloud Lepton, an AI compute marketplace linking developers with global cloud GPU providers for seamless access to tens of thousands of GPUs.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 19th May 2025

Network Infrastructure

Firmus' Sustainable Metal Cloud powerfully cuts AI energy usage

Firmus launches a sustainable Metal Cloud (SMC) platform, slashing AI operation energy use by half and trimming costs of managing AI workloads by up to 70%, reducing CO2 emissions markedly.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Thu, 25th Apr 2024

Virtualisation

Firmus utilises Canonical to set new sustainable standard

Canonical has announced that Firmus has built its ultra-efficient and sustainable public cloud on Canonical's Charmed OpenStack and Charmed Kubernetes.

By Canonical • 3 min read • Mon, 24th Apr 2023