In brief
The Kazakh government has announced a 20‑year Data Center Valley project that could generate about $3.1 billion annually in export revenue while investing $115 billion in three first‑phase data centers. The initiative aims to reach 1 GW of capacity by 2029, with significant agreements already in place for additional megawatt‑scale expansion.
In Almaty on November 6, Kazakhstan’s prime minister’s press service announced a nationwide Data Center Valley project that it expects will generate about 3.1 billion U.S. dollars in annual export revenue.
The project will push the country’s technology sector onto a larger international stage while creating a new export arm. According to the press release, the total investment over the centers’ estimated twenty‑year lifespan is projected at 115 billion dollars, a figure based on estimates from the international consulting firm KPMG.
The first phase of the valley will involve the construction of three data centers in the Pavlodar region, with a combined capacity of 304 megawatts. The individual facilities are slated to begin operations in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2027, with respective capacities of 68 MW, 164 MW and 72 MW.
For the second phase, preliminary agreements have already been signed with companies willing to deploy an additional 480 megawatts of computing capacity, with the possibility of expanding to 620 megawatts. Negotiations are also underway with other firms to develop an extra 240 megawatt addition that could grow to 420 megawatts.
In total, the Data Center Valley is expected to reach 1 gigawatt by 2029, with a planned investment of 10 billion dollars for a large‑scale computing cluster equipped with 100,000 graphics processing units, according to an earlier government announcement. These figures underline the project’s ambition to become a major hub for data services in Central Asia.
The initiative is framed as a strategic move to diversify Kazakhstan’s export portfolio and to position the country as a key player in global data services. The government highlighted that the volume of export revenue projected would boost the national economy while also creating high‑tech jobs across the region.
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