{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/kazakhtelecom-plans-to-add-more-than-1-000-gpus-to-data-center-valley","json":"https://digestai.news/story/kazakhtelecom-plans-to-add-more-than-1-000-gpus-to-data-center-valley.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/kazakhtelecom-plans-to-add-more-than-1-000-gpus-to-data-center-valley.md","slug":"kazakhtelecom-plans-to-add-more-than-1-000-gpus-to-data-center-valley","headline":"NVIDIA reports Kazakhtelecom deployed 400 H200 and 480 B300 GPUs, plans over 1,000 more","summary":"NVIDIA said Kazakhtelecom, Kazakhstan’s largest telecom operator, has installed 400 NVIDIA H200 and 480 NVIDIA B300 GPUs across Astana and Almaty. The company intends to add more than 1,000 GPUs in the Data Center Valley and another more than 1,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs in the Ekibastuz region next year.\n\nThe post also announced a collaboration between inDrive and Pony.ai to explore robotaxi services in Astana. Pony.ai will evaluate its seventh‑generation robotaxis on the inDrive app, using NVIDIA’s Hyperion sensor and compute platform together with the Halos safety system. The robotaxi platform runs on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion and NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor chips, delivering up to 4,000 FP4 TFLOPS of combined performance.\n\nEarlier, Kazakhtelecom launched a sovereign AI factory in May 2025 powered by H200 GPUs with an estimated 56.4 petaflops (FP16) performance. In June 2026, the Kazakh government signed AI and digital‑infrastructure agreements worth $10 billion, targeting a 100,000‑GPU cluster and at least $3 billion in annual export revenue, with a launch planned for 2027.","keyPoints":["Kazakhtelecom has deployed 400 H200 and 480 B300 GPUs in Astana and Almaty.","It plans to add more than 1,000 GPUs in Data Center Valley and over 1,000 Vera Rubin GPUs in Ekibastuz next year.","inDrive and Pony.ai will test seventh‑generation robotaxis in Astana using NVIDIA Hyperion and Halos platforms."],"whyItMatters":"The deployment marks a major scaling of AI compute in Central Asia and couples it with autonomous‑vehicle trials, signaling Kazakhstan’s push for digital sovereignty.","category":{"slug":"hardware","name":"Hardware & Compute","url":"https://digestai.news/category/hardware"},"entities":{"companies":["NVIDIA","Kazakhtelecom","inDrive","Pony.ai","Firebird"],"models":["NVIDIA H200","NVIDIA B300","NVIDIA Vera Rubin","NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion","NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor","NVIDIA DRIVE Orin X"],"people":["Rev Lebaredian","Bagdat Mussin","Olzhas Bektenov","Razmig Hovaghimian","Alexander Yesayan","Zhaslan Madiyev"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-23T02:00:13Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T02:18:11Z","sourceCount":2,"hasPrimarySource":true,"sources":[{"outlet":"Unite.AI","title":"NVIDIA Details Kazakhstan GPU Deployments and Robotaxi Plans","url":"https://unite.ai/nvidia-details-kazakhstan-gpu-deployments-and-robotaxi-plans","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T02:18:11Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true},{"outlet":"NVIDIA Blog","title":"Kazakhstan Expands Compute for Its AI Future","url":"https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/kazakhstan-ai-compute-ecosystem","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T02:00:13Z","type":"primary","primary":true,"lead":false}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":{"title":"Global Surge in Physical AI Infrastructure","url":"https://digestai.news/thread/aws-launches-open-source-physical-ai-toolchain-for-robotics-development","storyCount":4},"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"NVIDIA reports Kazakhtelecom deployed 400 H200 and 480 B300 GPUs, plans over 1,000 more\", 23 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/kazakhtelecom-plans-to-add-more-than-1-000-gpus-to-data-center-valley","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"NVIDIA reports Kazakhtelecom deployed 400 H200 and 480 B300 GPUs, plans over 1,000 more","datePublished":"2026-10-23T02:00:13Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/kazakhtelecom-plans-to-add-more-than-1-000-gpus-to-data-center-valley"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}