Firebird, an artificial intelligence cloud and infrastructure company, has secured a US export license for 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs for its Kazakhstan AI Factory. Phase 1 of the AI cluster is supported by an estimated investment of US$ 5 billion and will have a potential capacity of up to 109 MW.
The Kazakhstan AI Factory is currently under construction at Data Center Valley with Kazakhtelecom. Firebird is targeting a commercial launch of Phase 1 in Q3 2027, according to a press release. Completion of Phase 2 would bring Firebird’s total potential AI infrastructure capacity to approximately 500 MW.
“Our partnership with Firebird is a major step in developing the Data Center Valley AI Compute Hub, with phased expansion planned to one gigawatt. Reliable, competitively priced energy is the foundation of affordable intelligence. As AI tokens become a new economic resource, Kazakhstan has an opportunity to build a new export industry while giving our own entrepreneurs, researchers and businesses the computing power to compete globally,” said Zhaslan Madiyev, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan.
“Kazakhstan has the ambition, unique talent and vision to become a global AI leader. Our commitment goes beyond building world-class infrastructure and a technology stack. We are investing in the talent, research and companies that will ensure Kazakhstan helps shape the AI economy,” said Razmig Hovaghimian, Firebird co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
As much as 10 percent of Firebird’s GPU capacity will be allocated to Kazakhstani companies and government agencies, helping local organizations access the computing power needed to develop and deploy AI. The company also intends to finance specialist training and joint research to build local expertise alongside the infrastructure. Firebird Labs Kazakhstan will be established to support local founders, research, and technical talent through investments, access to compute, and research partnerships.
“Every nation needs the infrastructure to turn its talent and knowledge into intelligence, and Kazakhstan is making sovereign computing a national priority,” said Jensen Huang, NVIDIA founder and Chief Executive Officer.
The rapid growth of domestic data center capacity and colocation services in Kazakhstan is one factor driving growth in the country’s ICT market. Mordor Intelligence highlights that investment in hyperscale facilities in the region signals confidence in Kazakhstan’s role as a Central Asian compute hub. Data sovereignty laws and latency thresholds are also leading to rising colocation occupancy from regional enterprises.