Firebird Opens CIS Region’s Largest AI Factory in Armenia
Firebird opens Armenia’s AI factory, with 70,000-plus NVIDIA Blackwell and Rubin GPUs and 300 MW planned by end-2027 across a wider 2 GW regional roadmap.
Summary
On Aug. 8, 2026, emerging AI cloud Firebird opened what NVIDIA calls the CIS region’s largest AI factory in Hrazdan, Armenia, using NVIDIA accelerated computing and Dell Technologies infrastructure on Dell PowerEdge servers. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev and U.S. chargé d’affaires ad interim David Allen attended. The hub gives developers, startups, enterprises, universities and public institutions domestic capacity to train, fine-tune and deploy models for local languages, industries and national priorities.
Firebird plans more than 70,000 NVIDIA Rubin and Blackwell GPUs and 300 megawatts in Armenia by the end of 2027, plus an approximately 2-gigawatt roadmap across Armenia, Kazakhstan and other markets with NVIDIA support. NVIDIA DSX codesigns computing, networking, power and cooling, fitting up to 40% more GPUs in the same footprint to increase tokens per dollar and value per megawatt. NVIDIA intends to invest after CoreWeave invested earlier in 2026, supporting Firebird’s infrastructure, operations and planned frontier-market clusters; no investment values were disclosed.
The factory became operational in just over six months. Schneider Electric supplied medium- and low-voltage switchgear, three-phase uninterruptible power systems and rack enclosures. Vertiv provided chilled-water cooling, advanced controls, TrimCooler heat rejection and the iCOM CWM Chilled Water Manager. Perplexity is among the first AI-native customers, seeking capacity for its AI agent platform and answer engine. NVIDIA’s total AI factory platform adds reference architecture, accelerated computing, networking and AI software.
Positives
- Firebird delivered the Hrazdan AI factory in just over six months, establishing what NVIDIA calls the CIS region’s largest facility.
- More than 70,000 NVIDIA Rubin and Blackwell GPUs and 300 megawatts are planned in Armenia by the end of 2027.
- NVIDIA DSX can fit up to 40% more GPUs in the same footprint, improving tokens per dollar and value per megawatt.
- NVIDIA intends to invest after CoreWeave’s 2026 backing, supporting Firebird’s global expansion and planned frontier-market clusters.
- Perplexity is pursuing Firebird compute for its AI agent platform and answer engine, providing named early demand.
- Domestic compute will serve Armenian developers, startups, enterprises, universities and public institutions.
Risks & concerns
- More than 70,000 GPUs and 300 megawatts remain deployment targets for the end of 2027, not capacity confirmed as operating at launch.
- The approximately 2-gigawatt expansion across Armenia, Kazakhstan and other markets is a roadmap with no completion date provided.
- NVIDIA only intends to invest, and the article discloses no value for either NVIDIA’s prospective funding or CoreWeave’s 2026 investment.
- Perplexity is the only early customer named, leaving broader demand and contracted utilization unspecified.
- The source provides no current GPU count, live megawatt capacity or financial performance for the newly opened Hrazdan facility.