Kazakhstan AI infrastructure is moving into deployment, with Kazakhtelecom having installed 400 NVIDIA H200 and 480 NVIDIA B300 graphics processing units in Astana and Almaty. The plans outlined on October 23, 2026, also call for further computing capacity in 2027, while inDrive and Pony.ai are exploring robotaxi services rather than announcing a completed commercial launch.
Key Takeaways
- Kazakhtelecom has deployed NVIDIA GPUs in Astana and Almaty.
- Two further GPU deployments are planned for 2027, including Vera Rubin hardware in the Ekibastuz region.
- inDrive and Pony.ai will assess robotaxi services, with Astana identified as the first deployment city.
Table of Contents
- Kazakhstan AI infrastructure: deployed capacity and 2027 plans
- Robotaxi collaboration remains at the feasibility stage
- Firebird agreements add a separate cooperation framework
- Conclusion
Kazakhstan AI infrastructure: deployed capacity and 2027 plans
Kazakhtelecom, the country’s largest telecommunications company, plans to deploy more than 1,000 GPUs in Data Center Valley in 2027. It separately plans more than 1,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs in the Ekibastuz region.
Those additions remain planned capacity, distinct from the H200 and B300 hardware already deployed. The infrastructure is intended to support workloads for enterprises, developers and institutions.
More local computing capacity can give companies and researchers room to train, fine-tune and run AI models. The announcements do not provide investment costs, customer commitments or utilization figures, so they do not establish the commercial returns from the expansion.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Astana and Almaty | 400 NVIDIA H200 and 480 NVIDIA B300 GPUs already deployed by Kazakhtelecom. |
| Data Center Valley | More than 1,000 GPUs planned for deployment in 2027. |
| Ekibastuz region | More than 1,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs planned for 2027. |
| Astana robotaxis | inDrive and Pony.ai are assessing feasibility; no commercial launch date is specified. |
Robotaxi collaboration remains at the feasibility stage
inDrive and Pony.ai are collaborating to explore robotaxi services in Kazakhstan, identifying Astana as the first deployment city. They will assess whether Pony.ai’s seventh-generation robotaxis can be offered through the inDrive app.
The proposed service would use NVIDIA AI infrastructure and the NVIDIA Hyperion sensor and computing platform, together with the NVIDIA Halos safety system. No commercial launch date is specified in the announcement.
The distinction matters: additional computing infrastructure is already in place, but the proposed transport application still requires a feasibility assessment.
Firebird agreements add a separate cooperation framework
Separately, Firebird’s strategic cooperation agreements with Kazakhstan establish a framework for future work on AI infrastructure, advanced computing, cloud technologies and research. Firebird announced the agreements with the government following discussions in Astana.
That framework provides broader context for Kazakhstan’s computing ambitions. It is separate from Kazakhtelecom’s specific deployment figures and does not verify the GPU counts or the inDrive–Pony.ai project.
Conclusion
The next scheduled infrastructure milestone is Kazakhtelecom’s planned 2027 deployment. The robotaxi collaboration remains a feasibility project, with no commercial launch date announced.
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