{
  "id": 6216599,
  "title": "Nvidia-backed Firmus signs deal with OpenAI for Malaysia data centre capacity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nvidia-backed-firmus-signs-deal-with-openai-for-malaysia-data-centre-6216599",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-08T02:40:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-backed-firmus-signs-deal-with-openai-for-malaysia-data-centre-capacity/articleshow/133904291.cms"
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  "summary": "Firmus, an Australia-based firm backed by Nvidia, has signed a multi-year deal with OpenAI to supply computing capacity from two Malaysian data centres. This makes OpenAI an anchor customer for Firmus as demand surges for infrastructure to run advanced AI models.\n\nThe deal raises Firmus' contracted capacity across customers to more than 900 megawatts. Firmus has a portfolio that includes two operational AI data centres in Australia and Singapore, with five more under development across Asia-Pacific.\n\nMalaysia has become Southeast Asia's fastest-growing data centre market. Firmus will deploy Nvidia's next-generation Vera Rubin processors at scale across Asia-Pacific, extending its footprint in the region with the addition of Malaysia.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Nvidia-backed Firmus signs deal with OpenAI for Malaysia data centre capacity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nvidia-backed-firmus-signs-deal-with-openai-for-malaysia-data-centre",
        "published": "2026-09-08T01:42:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Nvidia-backed Firmus signs deal with OpenAI for Malaysia data centre capacity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/nvidia-backed-firmus-signs-deal-with-openai-for-malaysia-data-centre-6220642",
        "published": "2026-09-08T02:35:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}