英偉達(dá) 公司正與澳大利亞初創(chuàng)公司 Firmus Technologies Ltd. 合作，在澳大利亞全國范圍內(nèi)打造由可再生能源驅(qū)動的龐大人工智能數(shù)據(jù)中心群。

Firmus 在一份聲明中表示，Southgate 項(xiàng)目已在墨爾本和塔斯馬尼亞建設(shè)兩個數(shù)據(jù)中心。該項(xiàng)目耗資 45 億澳元（約合 29 億美元），將使用 150 兆瓦的電力。這些設(shè)施將使用 英偉達(dá)的 GB300 芯片，預(yù)計(jì)將于 4 月上線。

該公司表示，到 2028 年，該項(xiàng)目最終可能將使用 1.6 千兆瓦的電力，總投資額將達(dá)到 733 億澳元。據(jù)該公司稱，這將支持新增 5.1 千兆瓦的風(fēng)能、太陽能和水力發(fā)電能力。根據(jù)彭博新能源財(cái)經(jīng)的數(shù)據(jù)，這相當(dāng)于澳大利亞總裝機(jī)容量的 5% 左右。

建設(shè)清潔能源數(shù)據(jù)中心有助于刺激對大型可再生能源項(xiàng)目的需求，這些項(xiàng)目一直被提議在澳大利亞廣闊的空曠地區(qū)建設(shè)，那里陽光充足、風(fēng)能充足。

Firmus 聯(lián)合首席執(zhí)行官奧利弗·柯蒂斯 (Oliver Curtis) 在一份聲明中表示：“Southgate 項(xiàng)目是澳大利亞如何在可擴(kuò)展、自主的人工智能基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施領(lǐng)域引領(lǐng)世界發(fā)展的藍(lán)圖。”

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.