On July 28, RA Minister of High-tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan visited the artificial intelligence (AI) data center of the Firebird AI company located in the city of Hrazdan.
Alexander Yesayan, co-founder of Firebird AI company, accompanied the minister during the tour. Within the framework of the visit, Minister Hayrapetyan familiarized himself with the current state of "AB Factory", preparatory works for operation, technological infrastructures, high productivity computing systems, as well as the latest technical works carried out before the opening ceremony. During the tour, the stages of further development of the project were also discussed.
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan noted that this strategic project implemented by Firebird is of great importance in terms of technological development of Armenia and increasing international competitiveness, creating new opportunities for the scientific research community, startups, high-tech companies and the public sector.
The investment volume of the first phase of the project is 500 million US dollars (6144 NVIDIA Blackwell generation graphics processors), and by the end of the second phase, the total investment will reach about 5 billion US dollars, putting into operation about 42,000 more graphics processors.