NVIDIA Founder Huang Rixin Visits Kazakhstan to Boost AI Infrastructure
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NVIDIA founder Huang Renxun visited Kazakhstan, where Firebird and the government signed an agreement to introduce 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs, targeting commercial operation by Q3 2027 with a total planned capacity of 500 megawatts. Huang was awarded the "Dostyk" medal by President Tokayev. Additionally, Kazakhtelecom has deployed 400 NVIDIA H200 and 480 NVIDIA B300 GPUs in Astana and Almaty, with plans to deploy over 1,000 GPUs in Data Center Valley next year and over 1,000 NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs in the Ekibastuz region.
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哈萨克斯坦加速AI基础设施部署
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- 部署GPU
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- NVIDIA H200和NVIDIA B300 GPU
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- Oct 23, 00:00
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- Oct 23, 10:00
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- NVIDIA BlogSelectedFirst-party sourceRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedJensen Huang visits Kazakhstan, announces NVIDIA investment in Higgsfield AI
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During a visit to Astana, NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang met with President Tokayev and AI Minister Madiyev, discussing Kazakhstan's push to build domestic AI infrastructure. NVIDIA announced an investment in Kazakhstan-founded startup Higgsfield AI, with Huang emphasizing the importance of local data and energy resources for the nation's AI future. The conversation covered expanding accelerated computing and applying AI across Kazakhstan's economy.
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