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Australian AI startup Firmus Technologies is reportedly in talks with lenders for roughly $10bn to buy Nvidia chips for an Indonesian data centre, Bloomberg reports.

Why it matters

If completed, the financing would rank among Asia’s largest AI infrastructure deals and show how the race for computing capacity is shifting from model launches to the rather less glamorous business of paying for silicon. The report describes a proposed financing, not a completed deal. It does not establish the lender, final terms, chip volume or deployment timetable. Would a deal of this size prove that AI infrastructure is becoming a durable asset class, or simply make the next hardware bill more intimidating?

Discuss: Would a deal of this size prove that AI infrastructure is becoming a durable asset class, or simply make the next hardware bill more intimidating?

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