WinDC plans 230MW AI factory rollout across regional Australia

Australian data centre company WinDC is preparing to deploy 230 megawatts of modular AI computing capacity across regional Australia in 2027, backed by a partnership with US firm Armada and NVIDIA's newly unveiled DSX Pod reference design.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the DSX Pod at an event in Berlin, describing it as a blueprint for complete AI factories that are built, tested and shipped ready to run on the company's next-generation Vera Rubin architecture. According to NVIDIA, the units can be operational at a prepared site in around 14 days.

Armada, which NVIDIA named among a select group of companies delivering its next-generation AI factory ecosystem, is WinDC's US partner.

Under the model, customers supply their own NVIDIA hardware, Armada provides the modular factory units - built in what it calls its Galleon Forge facilities - and WinDC delivers land, power and local operations at prepared regional sites.

A key element of WinDC's approach is connecting behind the meter at the point of electricity generation, which the company said avoids the multi-year wait for new grid connections and puts otherwise-wasted generation capacity to work. The company said this model bypasses the national grid queue and can deliver compute capacity in months rather than years.

"Speed is the new scale in the era of Superintelligence. The race is won on time to power," said Andrew Sjoquist, founder and chief executive of WinDC.

"Australia has the land, the power and the people to lead this race. Australian businesses, researchers and government shouldn't have to look offshore for computing power, and with 230 megawatts built here, they won't have to."

Armada co-founder and chief executive Dan Wright said NVIDIA's selection of Armada for the DSX Pod ecosystem was a significant moment for global AI infrastructure.

"The SI race isn't going to be won by whoever pours concrete the fastest," Wright said.

"The NVIDIA DSX Pod reference design lets us cut that wait out of the equation. We build the SI factory in one of our Galleon Forge factories, ship it, connect it, and our customers are generating tokens in months, on infrastructure they own and control."

WinDC, founded in 2019, commissioned its first Armada unit in January and announced an initial 11MW programme in March. The company said it is now advancing its national portfolio of regional sites ahead of the 2027 rollout target, with further details to be released.