9月29日：澳大利亚Firmus周二表示，公司已与Facebook母公司Meta Platforms签署AI基础设施协议，将利用其位于东南亚的数据中心设施提供图形处理器（GPU）算力。以下是更多细节：
Sept 29 : Australia's Firmus said on Tuesday it had signed AI infrastructure agreements with Facebook parent Meta Platforms for graphics processing unit compute capacity at its data centre facilities in Southeast Asia. Here are some more details:
- 根据该协议，Firmus将提供合同算力和扩建选项，相关设施将基于英伟达的全栈DSX平台建设，以支持Meta的AI研究、模型开发和训练。
• Under the deal, Firmus will provide contracted capacity and expansion options built on Nvidia's full-stack DSX platform to support Meta's AI research, model development and training.
- 协议的财务条款未披露。
• Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
- 该协议建立在Meta现有部署的基础上：Meta已在Firmus位于墨尔本的数据中心部署英伟达GB300 NVL72系统，这是南半球规模最大的Blackwell Ultra系统部署。
• The deal builds on Meta's existing deployment of Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems at Firmus' Melbourne data centre, the largest deployment of Blackwell Ultra systems in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Firmus设计、制造和运营AI工厂，以支持大规模工作负载。
• Firmus designs, manufactures and operates AI factories to support large-scale workloads.
- 该公司正筹备一次规模达50亿美元的首次公开募股（IPO），为AI项目扩张提供资金，这可能成为澳大利亚规模第二大的IPO。
• The company is preparing for a $5 billion initial public offering to fund growth in AI projects, in what could be Australia's second-largest IPO.