• Perplexity is one of Firebird's first customers, but the company has not disclosed the site's current live MW or installed GPU count
  • The end-2027 roadmap calls for more than 70,000 Nvidia Rubin and Blackwell GPUs across 300MW of AI infrastructure

The fact

Firebird opened its first AI factory in Hrazdan, Armenia, on 8 August, just over six months after construction began. The site is now operating, with Perplexity named as one of its first customers. Firebird built the facility around Nvidia's DSX architecture and Spectrum-X networking, alongside infrastructure from Dell, Schneider Electric and Vertiv.

The opening marks the first stage of a much larger expansion. Firebird plans to increase its Armenian infrastructure to 300MW and deploy more than 70,000 Nvidia Blackwell and Rubin GPUs by the end of 2027. Those figures are future targets, not capacity already in service. The company has not disclosed how much power is currently live or how many GPUs are operating at Hrazdan.

The assessment

Now that Hrazdan is operating, Firebird's next task is to expand the site towards its 300MW target. Adding more GPUs will also require additional power, cooling and network capacity, with each phase built, commissioned and brought into service before it contributes usable computing capacity.

The pace of that expansion is still unclear. Perplexity is one of Firebird's first named customers, but the company has not disclosed the site's current electrical load, installed GPU count or how much future capacity has been contracted. It is therefore too early to judge how quickly the planned 300MW will become operational capacity.

For BTW readers, progress should be measured stage by stage: more power energised, more GPUs installed and additional customer capacity brought online. Those milestones will show whether Firebird is turning its Hrazdan expansion plan into a larger operating AI infrastructure platform.

What to watch

Watch for Firebird to disclose the site's live electrical load, installed GPU count and timing of additional power and cooling capacity. New customer commitments will show how much of the planned expansion is being taken up. Progress towards the end-2027 target should be measured by capacity entering service, not by the 300MW headline alone.