英伟达携手澳大利亚，斥资 29 亿美元建设数据中心

英伟达 公司正与澳大利亚初创公司 Firmus Technologies Ltd. 合作，在澳大利亚全国范围内打造由可再生能源驱动的庞大人工智能数据中心群。

Firmus 在一份声明中表示，Southgate 项目已在墨尔本和塔斯马尼亚建设两个数据中心。该项目耗资 45 亿澳元（约合 29 亿美元），将使用 150 兆瓦的电力。这些设施将使用 英伟达的 GB300 芯片，预计将于 4 月上线。

该公司表示，到 2028 年，该项目最终可能将使用 1.6 千兆瓦的电力，总投资额将达到 733 亿澳元。据该公司称，这将支持新增 5.1 千兆瓦的风能、太阳能和水力发电能力。根据彭博新能源财经的数据，这相当于澳大利亚总装机容量的 5% 左右。

建设清洁能源数据中心有助于刺激对大型可再生能源项目的需求，这些项目一直被提议在澳大利亚广阔的空旷地区建设，那里阳光充足、风能充足。

Firmus 联合首席执行官奥利弗·柯蒂斯 (Oliver Curtis) 在一份声明中表示：“Southgate 项目是澳大利亚如何在可扩展、自主的人工智能基础设施领域引领世界发展的蓝图。”

Nvidia Partners in $2.9 Billion Australia Data Center Drive

Nvidia Corp. is partnering with Australian startup Firmus Technologies Ltd. to create a massive fleet of renewable energy-powered artificial intelligence data centers across the country.

Construction is already underway on two data centers in Melbourne and Tasmania for Project Southgate, an A$4.5 billion ($2.9 billion) undertaking that will utilize 150 megawatts of power, Firmus said in a statement. Facilities will use Nvidia's GB300 chips and are expected to come online by April.

The project could eventually be expanded to use 1.6 gigawatts of power at a total investment of A$73.3 billion by 2028, the company said. That would support the development of 5.1 gigawatts of new wind, solar and hydropower capacity, according to the firm. That would be equivalent to about 5% of the nation's total installed power capacity, according to BloombergNEF data.

Building clean energy data centers could help boost demand for massive renewable projects that have been mooted for Australia's vast stretches of empty terrain rich in sunlight and wind.

"Project Southgate is a blueprint for how Australia can lead the world in scalable, sovereign AI infrastructure," Oliver Curtis, co-chief executive officer for Firmus, said in a statement.