Sharon AI to Deploy 1K B200 Cluster at NEXTDC M3 Data Center Using Lenovo Infrastructure and VAST Data
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SharonAI Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Sharon AI”), a leading Australian Neocloud (SHAZ:OTC Markets, SHAZW:OTC Markets), today announced the expected deployment of a 1K B200 cluster at NEXTDC’s Tier IV M3 Data Center in Melbourne, Australia.
David Dzienciol, Chief Commercial and Customer Officer at NEXTDC, said:
NEXTDC is pleased to be expanding our engagement with Sharon AI, Lenovo and VAST Data as we deliver the latest generation of accelerated computing infrastructure in Australia,
“The NEXTDC M3 facility is purpose-built to support this 1K B200 cluster, with the power density, advanced cooling and operational resilience required for large-scale AI workloads.”
As the industry pivots toward more complex, data-intensive AI development, the DGX Blackwell platform offers a transformative leap in computational efficiency. Equipped with eight Blackwell GPUs interconnected via fifth-generation NVLink, this infrastructure delivers up to 3X the training performance and 15X the inference performance compared to previous-generation systems. The architecture is specifically optimized for massive-scale workloads, including large language models (LLMs), sophisticated recommender systems, and real-time chatbots.
The deployment is delivered under Sharon AI’s existing Lenovo TruScaleTM agreement, supporting the scalable rollout of the 1,000-unit B200 cluster and demonstrating a flexible model for rapid infrastructure expansion. By integrating Lenovo’s high-density server engineering with VAST Data’s high-performance storage fabric, Sharon AI provides a unified develop-to-deploy pipeline that eliminates traditional bottlenecks in the AI lifecycle.
Damien Fox, country manager Australia and New Zealand, VAST Data, said:
This engagement with Sharon AI and NEXTDC marks a significant step in delivering sovereign AI infrastructure at scale in Australia.
”The 1,000-unit B200 cluster at NEXTDC’s M3 facility provides the foundation Australian organisations need to compete globally. VAST Data’s storage fabric and InsightEngine remove the silos and latency that typically limit large AI systems, allowing NVIDIA Blackwell to operate as intended. The result is sovereign compute that enterprise, government, and research organisations can rely on to build and run serious AI workloads across the region.”
This expansion significantly bolsters Sharon AI’s existing GPU fleet, which currently includes NVIDIA A40, L40s, H100, H200 and now B200 architectures. Looking further into 2026, Sharon AI remains committed to the cutting edge of accelerated computing, with plans to deploy B300 and GB300 systems to maintain its position as a primary infrastructure provider for hyperscale, enterprise, government and research customers in Asia-Pacific.
James Manning, CEO and Chairman of Sharon AI, said:
This expansion is about more than just raw capacity; it is about providing the specialized, sovereign architectural depth that the next era of AI requires,
“By bringing 1,000 B200 GPUs to Australia, we are ensuring that AI natives, research, enterprise and government organizations in the Asia-Pacific region have immediate access to world-class compute.”
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