The Tasmania-based artificial intelligence company is set to build one of the Asia-Pacific's largest digital infrastructure facilities on the island of Batam, under a multinational partnership that includes global chipmaker Nvidia to woo AI-native customers.

The data centre hotshot reckons its whopper new development will not slow its Australian rollout. But it will need to find a hell of a lot of money.

The company is courting smaller customers as it diversifies away from Australia, where its projects are receiving closer scrutiny from government and taxpayers.