Megaport (ASX:MP1), Nextdc (ASX:NXT), and Maas Group-backed (ASX:MGH) Firmus are among the artificial intelligence-related firms collaborating with Nvidia to expand land, power, and shell capacity designed to host multiple generations of Nvidia DSX compute infrastructure, according to a Thursday statement by Nvidia.

The partners are targeting a combined buildout of up to two gigawatts by 2027, meeting surging demand from AI labs and AI-native startups, the statement added.

Firmus is expanding its Project Southgate initiative, developing Nvidia-powered AI factories designed to support hyperscale and AI-native demand across Australia and the Asia-Pacific, Nvidia said.

Meanwhile, Megaport is expanding access to Nvidia accelerated computing through its unit Latitude.sh, through its global software-defined network to support the inference needs of leading AI enterprises, reducing latency and improving responsiveness, per the statement.

Nextdc has developed AI-ready data center infrastructure designed to support high-density AI factories, providing the power, cooling, connectivity and physical infrastructure required to deploy increasingly compute-intensive AI systems, Nvidia added.

Megaport's shares rose almost 5% in recent Thursday trade, Maas Group fell nearly 2%, and Nextdc was down about 4%.