Australia's Firmus Technologies strikes AI access deal with Nvidia

Australia’s Firmus Technologies strikes an AI access deal with Nvidia to help emerging AI firms get more cost-effective access to computing power. Firmus, an Australian AI infrastructure company, said on Monday, June 29, it signed a strategic partnership with Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O). The collaboration is designed to improve affordability of AI infrastructure resources for companies developing new AI products and services. Reuters reported the announcement from Sydney. Firmus did not provide additional financial terms in the brief release. Reporting was by Scott Murdoch, and editing by Kate Mayberry. The deal highlights the competitive push by major chip and cloud technology providers to expand ecosystems via regional infrastructure partners.