(Horizon Media / YEREVAN) — Firebird has officially launched a major NVIDIA-powered artificial intelligence computing centre near Hrazdan, placing Armenia at the centre of an ambitious effort to build large-scale AI infrastructure across emerging markets. The opening comes exactly one year after Armenia and the United States signed a memorandum on artificial intelligence and semiconductor cooperation in Washington on August 8, 2025. The company ultimately aims to develop approximately two gigawatts of AI infrastructure across Armenia, Kazakhstan and other markets by the end of 2028. Perplexity is expected to use computing capacity supplied through Firebird for its AI answer engine and other artificial intelligence products. The launch represents a significant expansion of Armenia’s longstanding technology sector beyond software development and engineering talent into the capital-intensive field of advanced computing infrastructure.