Kazakhstan Plans $10 Billion AI Package During Huang’s Visit

Kazakhstan outlined its planned $10 billion AI infrastructure package on Oct. 23, during NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s first visit, as the country pursues a global role in Physical AI.

The proposal specifies a 100,000-GPU cluster using NVIDIA GB300 and Vera Rubin chips. The government puts the agreements at $10 billion in total. They include a ministry–Firebird strategic cooperation agreement and a binding term sheet between Firebird and Kazakhtelecom.

The visit included a meeting with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and a public Astana discussion featuring Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev.

At the Ekibastuz Data Center Valley site, 300 megawatts of power capacity is available. The site is designed to expand in stages to 1 gigawatt.

Separately, Firebird has obtained U.S. export clearance for 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs. Existing Kazakhtelecom equipment in Astana and Almaty includes 400 NVIDIA H200 GPUs and 480 NVIDIA B300 GPUs. Plans also call for more than 1,000 GPUs at Data Center Valley and more than 1,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs in Ekibastuz in 2027.

At the Astana discussion, Huang said Kazakhstan could “transform energy into intelligence and export intelligence.”

Higgsfield announced Oct. 23 that NVIDIA and TCV had made new investments as the company extended its Series B. It did not disclose the extension’s size or an updated valuation. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, was co-founded by Kazakhstani AI engineer Yerzat Dulat and maintains ties to Kazakhstan through Astana Hub.

Higgsfield’s August Series B raised $400 million at a $5.4 billion valuation. Kazakhstan designated 2026 the Year of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence and has set a goal of becoming a global hub for Physical AI, which combines AI with robotics and industrial applications.

Firebird and Kazakhtelecom have begun building the first phase and aim to start commercial service in the third quarter of 2027. A proposed second phase would bring Firebird’s potential AI infrastructure capacity in Kazakhstan to about 500 megawatts.