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Firmus secures $505M funding at $5.5B valuation to expand AI data centers across Asia-Pacific with Nvidia's accelerator technology

3 Key Points

Coatue Management led the funding round for Firmus, an AI infrastructure company
Firmus plans to deploy 36,000 Nvidia accelerator chips through its Southgate project
The $5.5 billion valuation reflects growing investment in AI data center infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region
Nvidia technology will power the company's data center expansion strategy

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