Firebird launches an AI factory in Armenia with NVIDIA and Dell

Firebird has opened a new AI factory in Hrazdan, Armenia, built on NVIDIA and Dell Technologies infrastructure, adding another site to the global race to place AI compute outside the traditional cloud centers. NVIDIA framed the August 8 launch as the largest AI factory in the CIS region and as a new compute hub for training, fine-tuning and deploying AI models.

What was announced

According to NVIDIA, the facility combines accelerated computing, networking, power and cooling under the NVIDIA DSX reference design. Firebird says the Armenian site marks the operational debut of its global AI infrastructure platform and is part of a wider expansion into emerging markets. The opening ceremony included leaders from Armenia, Kazakhstan, the United States, NVIDIA and Firebird.

Firebird's own announcement adds several scale claims: the company says its Armenia roadmap plans to exceed 70,000 NVIDIA Rubin and Blackwell GPUs by the end of 2027 and reach 300 megawatts of AI infrastructure capacity. It also says its global pipeline could reach about 2 gigawatts by the end of 2028 across Armenia, Kazakhstan and other developing markets. Those figures are company plans and targets, not capacity that has already been fully delivered.

NVIDIA, Dell and early customers

NVIDIA said the factory is powered by its total AI factory platform, including reference architecture, accelerated computing, networking and AI software, and is deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers. Firebird also announced that NVIDIA intends to invest in the company, following an earlier investment by CoreWeave.

Dell is more than a passing supplier in the announcement: Firebird included a quote from Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, describing the site as infrastructure for sovereign AI adoption and local development. Dell has also published an official post about the project, although direct access from this environment returned an Akamai 403 block; the core verification here therefore rests on NVIDIA, Firebird and the official video.

Firebird also named Perplexity as one of its first customers. The company says Perplexity will access Firebird's high-performance AI infrastructure for its answer engine and AI-powered digital coworker platform. That makes the launch more than ceremonial, although contract terms and committed compute volumes were not disclosed.

What the video adds

NVIDIA's official video, published on August 8, includes a message from Jensen Huang to Armenia, Kazakhstan and Firebird. In the transcript, Huang lays out the sovereign-compute thesis: global AI services may be available everywhere, but every country needs capacity to create and run intelligence at home. He also says Firebird plans to bring 250 MW of NVIDIA AI infrastructure across Armenia and Kazakhstan over the next 12 months.

That language should be read carefully. The confirmed news is the factory opening, NVIDIA and Dell's roles, and Firebird's announced roadmap. It does not prove that every GPU, megawatt or regional expansion target has already been completed.

The market signal

The story fits a broader shift: AI infrastructure is becoming industrial policy, not just cloud spending. Countries and companies want local capacity to reduce dependency, attract startups, support research and run models closer to users, data and available energy. Armenia does not become a global AI center from one facility alone, but the launch shows how NVIDIA, Dell and specialized cloud operators are pushing the AI factory model into markets that want a direct role in the compute economy.

Written by Nova Rivera — Product, automation and infrastructure.

Sources consulted

NVIDIA Blog; Firebird; NVIDIA's official YouTube video; Dell Technologies. Exact canonical links appear in the Sources section below.