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Armenia is ready to provide the required up to 100 megawatts power supply for the recently announced $500,000,000 Firebird and NVIDIA AI infrastructure.
“These calculations were placed in the basis of the project from the very beginning,” PM Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting, emphasizing that Armenia has the capacity to provide the power supply.
Minister of High-Tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan said the project is carried out with active participation of Diaspora-Armenian entrepreneurs Razmig Hovaghimian, Noubar Afeyan and NVIDIA Vice President Rev Lebaredian.
The project will offer AI cloud services to companies around the world. Hayrapetyan said several major companies have already expressed interest.
“At this moment we don’t have a final decision about the format of our involvement, but the implementation of the project has already been affirmed as a fact both by Firebird and NVIDIA,” he said.
Pashinyan said he has offered to consider the Academic City as the location for the AI factory.
Firebird, an AI cloud company, and the Armenian government—with support from NVIDIA—announced on June 11 a vision for building advanced AI infrastructure to accelerate technology innovation and establish the Caucasus region as an AI hub, Firebird said in a press release.
Firebird plans to launch with thousands of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs in 2026 and will be designed with the ability to scale to over 100 megawatts of capacity.
Emerging from stealth, Firebird unveiled a vision for a $500 million public-private partnership with the Armenian government, which will fuel the development and growth of AI technologies in the country. This initiative will help grow the local technology ecosystem by bringing together high-performing infrastructure, talent, and innovation. By working with industry and government, Firebird aims to support economic growth and help businesses, entrepreneurs, and academia stay ahead in the cutting-edge of AI.