Sharon AI Holdings Inc., an Australian leader in Neocloud and high-performance computing, has announced the deployment of a 1,000-node NVIDIA DGX Blackwell B200 cluster at NEXTDC’s Tier IV M3 data center in Melbourne. This marks a major advancement in sovereign AI infrastructure across Australia, enabling local enterprises, government agencies, and research institutions to access world-class computing power for large-scale AI development. The deployment leverages Lenovo’s TruScale™ infrastructure agreement, ensuring scalable and flexible expansion of compute resources. The B200 cluster, built on Lenovo’s high-density server technology and integrated with VAST Data’s high-performance storage fabric, delivers a unified development-to-deployment pipeline that overcomes traditional bottlenecks in AI workflows. VAST Data’s InsightEngine technology eliminates storage silos and latency, allowing the Blackwell GPUs to operate at peak efficiency—critical for training massive language models, real-time chatbots, and complex recommender systems. The NEXTDC M3 facility, designed specifically for high-density, high-performance workloads, provides the necessary power, cooling, and operational resilience to support this advanced infrastructure. David Dzienciol, NEXTDC’s Chief Commercial and Customer Officer, emphasized the strategic importance of the partnership, noting the facility’s readiness for next-generation AI demands. The B200 platform offers up to three times the training performance and 15 times the inference speed compared to prior generations, thanks to eight Blackwell GPUs interconnected via fifth-generation NVLink. This leap in efficiency is pivotal as AI models grow in complexity and data intensity. Sharon AI’s existing GPU fleet already includes A40, L40s, H100, and H200 systems. With this expansion, the company solidifies its position as a key infrastructure provider in the Asia-Pacific region. Looking ahead to 2026, Sharon AI plans to deploy even more advanced B300 and GB300 systems to maintain leadership in accelerated computing. James Manning, CEO and Chairman of Sharon AI, highlighted that the initiative is not just about capacity but about delivering sovereign, architecturally robust AI infrastructure tailored to the needs of the next era of AI. “By bringing 1,000 B200 GPUs to Australia, we are ensuring that AI innovators, researchers, and public institutions across the region have immediate access to world-class compute,” he said. Damien Fox, VAST Data’s Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand, added that the integration of their storage fabric with NVIDIA’s Blackwell platform enables truly scalable and reliable AI operations, free from performance-limiting bottlenecks. The announcement underscores a broader trend toward localized, secure, and high-performance AI infrastructure in response to growing demand for sovereign computing capabilities. Sharon AI’s strategic partnerships with NEXTDC, Lenovo, and VAST Data exemplify a coordinated approach to building the foundational infrastructure for Australia’s AI future.