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Jensen Huang met students and start-ups in Astana, and joined Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev for a discussion about the country’s AI future, NVIDIA says.

Why it matters

It is a small but concrete sign of Huang’s engagement with Kazakhstan’s AI ambitions. The company’s account describes a meeting, not a new investment, partnership or project, so the substance of the discussion remains open.

Discuss: Should countries treat meetings with major chipmakers as a useful step towards building local AI capacity, or risk becoming dependent on the suppliers they court?

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    Jensen Huang says Kazakhstan could turn its energy resources into computing capacity and, eventually, export AI-powered services rather than energy alone.

    Huang called physical AI, which combines AI with robotics and systems that interact with the real world, the next wave.

    The article also gives concrete infrastructure context: Firebird has signed an investment agreement with the Kazakh government and secured a US export licence for 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs, according to NVIDIA.

    That is a more specific picture of the ambitions behind Huang’s visit: energy, local data and computing infrastructure are being presented as ingredients for a domestic AI industry, with robotics among the hoped-for next steps. The plans and forecasts are not proof that Kazakhstan will become an AI hub, but they give the ambition something more substantial than a slogan.

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    Jensen Huang also argued that Kazakhstan should retain control of its own data and develop AI suited to its languages and national needs. He described sovereign AI as a national security concern, while saying open-source technology could help the country build capability without creating every component from scratch, The Astana Times reports.

    The report adds specific infrastructure figures: Kazakhtelecom has already deployed 880 NVIDIA GPUs in Astana and Almaty, and plans to add more than 2,000 in 2027, including over 1,000 Vera Rubin processors in Ekibastuz. Commercial operations at the first phase of the Data Center Valley project are expected to begin in the third quarter of 2027.

    Huang also pointed to mining, agriculture, logistics and energy as potential settings for physical AI, including robotics and systems that interact with the real world.

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    • NVIDIA CEO Sees Kazakhstan as Emerging AI Hub During First Visit - The Astana Times: The Astana Times reports that Kazakhstan’s AI infrastructure plans include 880 NVIDIA GPUs already deployed by Kazakhtelecom, more than 2,000 additional GPUs planned for 2027, and expected commercial operations at the first phase of Data Center Valley in the third quarter of 2027; Huang advocated local data control and sovereign AI.

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