Armenia has rapidly positioned itself as a regional AI infrastructure hub, anchored by the opening of Firebird’s AI factory in Hrazdan in August 2026. The facility, the first of its kind in the Commonwealth of Independent States, is built on Nvidia Blackwell B200 GPUs, Dell PowerEdge servers, and power infrastructure from Schneider Electric and Vertiv. Its initial phase comprises 6,144 Nvidia B200 GPUs at 15 megawatts of capacity.
The project has been developed as a public-private initiative between Firebird, the Armenian government, Nvidia, and Dell Technologies, with support from the U.S. government formalized through a semiconductor and AI memorandum of understanding signed at the August 2025 Washington Peace Summit.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan personally lobbied President Donald Trump to expedite chip export approvals, framing the request within the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement brokered by the Trump administration.
Under the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan, the stated objective is to export the full U.S. technology stack, including hardware, models, software, and standards, to allies and strategic partners globally. The administration has since taken a more transactional approach to export controls.
The project has expanded significantly since its June 2025 announcement. A second phase unveiled in February 2026 targets 125 megawatts of capacity and 75,000 next-generation GPUs, with total investment potentially reaching $5 billion.
By the end of 2027, Firebird expects to deploy over 70,000 Rubin and Blackwell GPUs in Armenia, increasing AI infrastructure capacity to 300 megawatts. Perplexity was among the first companies to use the center’s computing resources.
Armenia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan described the U.S. chip export approval as a “very strong political signal,” noting that the U.S. has a long queue for granting such permissions and that Armenia’s prioritization reflects the strategic character of the bilateral relationship.
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