Activeport teams up with FirstWave on 'AI Gateway'

Activeport and FirstWave Cloud Technology have partnered with an unnamed Australian neocloud operator to give large enterprises and government secure, high-performance access to GPU compute over the nation's largest carrier-grade networks. 

Activeport will connect Australia's largest national carriers directly to the neocloud through its Global Edge orchestration platform, while a dedicated software portal aims to simplify how customers consume GPU’s, secured by FirstWave's cybersecurity.

Through the Global Edge gateway, customers can price, order, provision and manage GPU access for AI inference, model training and robotics with the security, data privacy, performance and operational control that government and enterprise require provided by FirstWave.

FirstWave’s wholesale relationships with Australian carriers also make consuming GPUs through the ATV/FCT gateway simple for the carrier’s customers, the companies claimed.

The solution targets organisations across government, financial services, mining, energy, manufacturing, transport, infrastructure and emerging technology.

Activeport COO, Michael Glynn, said the next phase of AI adoption requires more than just access to GPU’s.

"Organisations need secure connectivity, intelligent automation and operational visibility to deploy AI workloads cost-effectively at scale," he said.

"This collaboration creates an AI gateway bringing together carriergrade networking, software automation, cybersecurity and AI infrastructure in a single platform."

Activeport earns 6% of the GPU consumption revenue delivered across the gateway along with port fees up to $2,250 per month per customer and variable transit fees based on committed network capacity.

Activeport builds software combining network orchestration and intelligent automation, aiming to help telecommunications providers and data centre operators turn existing networks into scalable, self-service revenue platforms.

In 2025, the company launched a dedicated fibre service offering variable bandwidth for private cloud connectivity; integrated NBN circuit provisioning into its Global Edge network-as-a-service platform; and rolled out an AI model routing platform.

FirstWave is a global provider of network monitoring, audit and compliance software, cybersecurity-as-a-service and professional services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises.

So far this year, the company has secured an agreement worth $1.85 million with Services Australia for the provision of its AI powered compliance management software, as well as been awarded funding under the CSIRO Regional University Industry Collaboration program.