BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17. Samruk-Kazyna JSC
plans to launch a new high-performance supercomputer cluster based
on the NVIDIA B300 platform in Kosshy in October 2026.
This is reflected in an official statement issued by the press
service of the President of Kazakhstan.
According to the statement, the initiative was announced by
Nurlan Zhakupov, Chairman of the Management Board of the sovereign
wealth fund, during a meeting with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
to report on the fund's operational performance and mid-term
infrastructure plans.
"In October 2026, a launch of a new supercomputer cluster based
on NVIDIA B300 is planned in Kosshy," Zhakupov noted, adding that
the infrastructure deployment will quadruple the supercomputing
power of portfolio company Kazakhtelecom to boost national
artificial intelligence and data processing capabilities.
According to the board chairman, Samruk-Kazyna's total assets
under management reached $88 billion by the end of 2025. The fund
head reported that 16 major industrial and infrastructure projects
worth 3.3 trillion tenge ($6.7 billion) are scheduled for
completion in 2026. These strategic initiatives include the
construction of the Moyinty–Kyzylzhar and Darbaza–Maktaaral railway
lines, a gas processing plant at Kashagan, the modernization of the
Almaty CHPP-2, a hybrid power plant, and the laying of a
fiber-optic communication line along the bottom of the Caspian
Sea.
Furthermore, the state briefing covered the sovereign wealth
fund's corporate social responsibility portfolio. Zhakupov pointed
out that Samruk-Kazyna has implemented over 100 social projects
between 2023 and 2026, alongside supporting the "Taza Qazaqstan"
national ecological initiative by planting 5.8 million trees over
the past two years with plans for an additional 5 million.
Following the presentation, President Tokayev issued specific
tasks to ensure the timely and rigorous execution of these key
investment projects to reinforce Kazakhstan's transport, energy,
and digital infrastructure.
