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Firebird Opens Armenia AI Factory as U.S. NVIDIA Licenses Lift Its Compute Ambitions

September 22, 2026 at 09:38 EDT

Infra & Chips
Policy & Regulation

Firebird has begun operating an NVIDIA-based AI factory in Hrazdan, Armenia, turning the country into a newly visible player in AI compute. The project is also a test of chip diplomacy: U.S. export approvals for advanced NVIDIA hardware have become tied to Armenia's technology push and the U.S.-brokered opening with Azerbaijan.

Aug. 2026 | Firebird

Armenia enters the AI compute map

A new NVIDIA-based AI factory in Hrazdan turns export-approved chips, energy infrastructure and regional diplomacy into one strategic technology bet.

70,000+

planned NVIDIA GPUs by end-2027

300 MW

planned Armenia capacity

$4B+

announced phase-two transaction value

20%

expected domestic compute allocation

GPU scale: opening cluster vs. roadmap

Each stacked block represents roughly one 6,000-GPU opening cluster.

6,144

Phase-one B200 GPUs

70,000+

End-2027 GPU plan

How the buildout connects

Peace track
U.S.-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan opening

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Chip license
Approved NVIDIA exports to Armenia

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AI factory
Hrazdan cluster serves local and foreign demand

What supporters see

Blackwell-class compute inside Armenia, a domestic allocation for local users, and a path for startups and researchers to use infrastructure that is usually scarce.

What remains uncertain

The long-term local value, permanent-job impact, power delivery, cooling demands and export-license continuity still have to prove out at full scale.

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