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OpenAI secures Malaysian data center deal with Firmus for AI compute

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OpenAI has secured a multi-year agreement with Firmus to utilize dedicated AI computing resources from two data centers located in Malaysia. This deal aims to bolster OpenAI's capacity for AI computation by leveraging Firmus's infrastructure. AI

IMPACT This deal expands OpenAI's compute infrastructure, potentially enabling larger-scale model training and inference.

RANK_REASON This is a data center infrastructure deal for AI compute, not a core AI model release or research.

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OpenAI secures Malaysian data center deal with Firmus for AI compute

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · sipirtu ·

    OpenAI signed a multi-year data centre deal with Firmus for dedicated AI compute from two sites in Malaysia. Source: Tech Wire Asia https:// techwireasia.com/20

    OpenAI signed a multi-year data centre deal with Firmus for dedicated AI compute from two sites in Malaysia. Source: Tech Wire Asia https:// techwireasia.com/2026/09/opena i-malaysia-data-centre-firmus/ # AI # OpenAI # Nvidia

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