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Firmus fizzles out: AI factory firm pulls $44b float

Firmus has ditched plans for a massive float that would have made chief Oliver Curtis a billionaire. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

What was set to be Australia's biggest initial public offering in a generation has collapsed in a stunning turnaround for the highly anticipated float.

Firmus Technologies was seeking to cash in on the market mania for all things related to artificial intelligence with a $7 billion equity raising that valued the data centre operator at a whopping $44 billion - ahead of all but 15 major companies on the local bourse.

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