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Aug 8, 2026

Firebird Opens CIS Region's Largest AI Factory in Armenia, Plans $5 Billion Expansion to 70,000 GPUs

U.S.-based AI cloud provider Firebird launched its first AI factory in Hrazdan, Armenia on August 8, 2026, with plans to scale to over 70,000 NVIDIA GPUs by end of 2027. The company announced a total investment of approximately $5 billion and a 2-gigawatt global pipeline including expansion into Kazakhstan.

Aug 8, 2026·9 sources
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  • ▪Firebird obtained a U.S. export license from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security to ship advanced NVIDIA hardware to its Kazakhstan site.
  • ▪The Hrazdan facility was constructed in just over six months, utilizing NVIDIA accelerated computing, Dell Technologies PowerEdge servers, Schneider Electric power systems, and Vertiv chilled-water cooling systems.
  • ▪Firebird and the U.S. government announced Phase 2 of the Armenia megaproject in February 2026, securing export licensing for an additional 41,000 NVIDIA GB300 GPUs.

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