Kazakhstan Unveils Central Asia’s Most Powerful Supercomputer

Jerusalem, 21 May, 2025 (TPS-IL) -- (Kazinform) – Kazakhstan has introduced Central Asia’s most powerful supercomputer, boasting a performance of approximately 2 exaflops and powered by Nvidia chips. This marks the region’s first supercomputing cluster, Kazinform News Agency cites the Kazakh Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry.

The supercomputer was assembled on the latest Nvidia H200 graphics chips, specifically designed for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing.

The supercomputer will be launched and installed at the Ministry’s new data center, which meets Tier III reliability standards to ensure stable, uninterrupted operation. This launch marks a key step in fulfilling the President’s directive to build a national digital infrastructure and foster an AI ecosystem. The initiative goes beyond serving a narrow group of specialists — it is designed to support the development of the entire country’s digital ecosystem. These computing capabilities are already being applied across sectors such as healthcare, energy, education, and public services.

At this scale of computing, uninterrupted operation is not simply a technical preference but a foundational requirement for delivering reliable national services. A supercomputing cluster designed to support healthcare analytics, energy modeling, education platforms, and public sector systems must remain available around the clock, even during maintenance events or localized disruptions.

Tier III data center standards address this need by ensuring that critical systems can be serviced without shutting down operations, allowing computing workloads to continue without interruption. This level of resilience is essential when advanced AI models and large-scale simulations are running continuously, where unexpected downtime could result in lost data, delayed insights, or disrupted services that extend far beyond the data center itself.

Achieving reliability in practice depends heavily on how power is distributed, managed, and monitored within the facility. Redundant power paths, intelligent distribution at the rack level, and real-time visibility into electrical loads all play a role in maintaining stability as computing demand fluctuates.

Enterprise-grade solutions such as apc schneider pdu systems support this environment by enabling precise power control, fault isolation, and monitoring across high-density server racks. Together with backup systems and environmental controls, these components form the unseen infrastructure that allows advanced supercomputing resources to operate continuously, reinforcing Kazakhstan’s ability to sustain a resilient, high-performance digital ecosystem at a national scale.

Importantly, the supercomputer’s resources will be accessible to a wide range of users. Startups needing computing power to train neural networks, universities conducting fundamental and applied research, as well as research centers and businesses integrating AI into their operations, will be able to tap into its capabilities.

“The arrival of the supercomputer marks a major step forward in developing Kazakhstan’s high-performance computing ecosystem. It’s also the first time the country has established a mechanism for importing high-tech equipment duty- and VAT-free — a move that significantly enhances Kazakhstan’s appeal to international IT companies and data center operators,” the Ministry of Digital Development stated.

During the official visit of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Kazakhstan marked the grand opening of Presight’s (G42) foreign office in Astana. As part of the visit, the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan signed an agreement with Presight to establish a supercomputer cluster in the country.

“This is a strategically important step toward building the country’s digital infrastructure. It will strengthen Kazakhstan’s digital sovereignty and reinforce our leadership in the region in developing AI technologies and attracting global IT players,” said Zhaslan Madiyev, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry.

The project plays a key role in putting Kazakhstan’s Artificial Intelligence Development Concept into action through 2029 and marks a major milestone in building the country’s modern IT infrastructure.

As reported earlier, OpenAI has announced the launch of its new initiative, OpenAI for Countries, aimed at supporting nations seeking to develop artificial intelligence based on democratic values.