NVIDIA CEO Sees Kazakhstan as Emerging AI Hub During First Visit
Huang said the country can turn cheap power and land into AI infrastructure, with a $2 billion hub and new data center projects underway.
- On Friday, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited Kazakhstan for the first time, meeting President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to discuss the country's ambition to become a major European hub for artificial intelligence computing and infrastructure.
- Kazakhstan aims to transform its energy resources into AI-powered intelligence, moving beyond exporting raw energy. President Tokayev declared 2026 the Year of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence to prioritize domestic technology development.
- Infrastructure projects include Data Center Valley in Ekibastuz, where U.S.-based Firebird secured a license for 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs. Kazakhtelecom has deployed 880 NVIDIA chips in Astana and Almaty.
- NVIDIA and investment firm TCV participated in a funding round extension for Higgsfield, an AI video startup valued at $5.4 billion. President Tokayev awarded Huang the Order of Dostyk for his contributions.
- Kazakhstan plans to expand data center capacity to 1 gigawatt by 2027 while training engineers to develop sovereign AI models. Huang noted this strategy could establish the nation as a key producer of physical AI, including autonomous systems.
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