Соглашение о Строительстве Центра Данных Министерство искусственного интеллекта и цифрового развития Казахстана подписало соглашение с международным консорциумом на строительство крупномасштабного государственного центра данных. Однако сроки реализации проекта зависят от возможности страны решить нарастающую проблему с нехваткой электроэнергии. Меморандум с группой, возглавляемой JMOT04 Ltd., предполагает создание высокодоступного центра данных класса 4 и сопутствующей газово

Визит Эмамали Рахмона в Пекин Во время трехдневного визита в Пекин лидер Таджикистана Эмамали Рахмон подписал ряд инвестиционных соглашений и крупный финансовый пакет. Это произошло на фоне растущих вопросов о выбранных подрядчиках для строительства солнечного сектора страны. Рахмон подписал около 50 отдельных соглашений, которые, по словам официальных лиц, могут принести около 8 миллиардов долларов. Кроме того, он получил кредит в размере 800 миллионов долларов от Азиатского

Обзор событий Казахский президент Касым-Жомарт Токаев и президент Узбекистана Шавкат Мирзиеев прибыли в Москву 9 мая, чтобы присутствовать на сокращенной церемонии Дня Победы вместе с президентом Владимиром Путиным. Этот шаг вызвал новые спекуляции о том, почему два обычно осторожных региональных лидера изменили свои планы в последний момент. Парад на центральной площади Москвы был значительно короче и менее помпезным, чем в предыдущие годы, из-за опасений по поводу возможных

Kazakh authorities say a Rosatom-associated company failed to meet financial and operational duties at a southern uranium mine, prompting a formal complaint that could complicate nuclear plans and supply chains. Kazatomprom lodged a grievance earlier this year against a firm tied to Russia’s state nuclear corporation, accusing it of shirking payments meant to cover environmental restoration and of falling short on 2024 extraction targets at the Budenovskoye joint venture in T

Washington’s agencies and lawmakers keep sending Central Asia to different policy boxes, hampering a united response to Beijing’s westward push. Congress has shuffled oversight of the five republics across committees that focus alternately on Europe, the Asia‑Pacific, the Middle East and South Asia, a rotation that has continued through four recent congressional sessions. Those moves aren’t just administrative housekeeping. They signal uncertainty about how the United States

Turkmen diplomats, U.S. trade officials and private‑sector leaders gathered in the capital on May 7 to inaugurate the Turkmen‑American Business Cooperation Association, a private initiative designed to expand commercial links and facilitate direct business deals between the two countries. The daylong program, organized by the association and Turkmenistan’s embassy in Washington, drew senior officials from the U.S. Department of Commerce, representatives from multilateral inst

Kazakhstan is collecting larger petrodollar inflows as turmoil around Iran pushes global crude prices higher, but the immediate boost to state revenue could deepen structural problems that leave ordinary households worse off. The recent spike in export receipts is easing budget pressures, yet it also strengthens the tenge and makes non-energy industries less competitive, a pattern economists call Dutch disease. For people in regional towns who rely on manufacturing and farmin

Cove Kaz Capital finalized purchase of a majority stake in two Kazakh tungsten deposits on April 29, advancing a project first announced at a White House meeting last year. The company, a unit of U.S.-based Cove Capital, agreed to buy seven-tenths of the venture from state miner Tau-Ken Samruk, leaving the national company with three-tenths ownership and a role in overseeing development. Company officials said exploration and preparatory work will begin this summer, leading i

Kazakhstan’s energy ministry said Wednesday it will remain inside the OPEC+ framework even after the United Arab Emirates announced it will leave the group at the start of next month, a move that surprised some market watchers and domestic critics. Officials in Astana framed the choice as pragmatic: the government doesn’t plan to change how it coordinates crude output with the alliance for now. OPEC+ links full OPEC members with other producers to manage supply levels and sta

A chance meeting in 2016 in Bishkek set the tone for a new Uzbek leadership that welcomed U.S. assistance, pledged governance reforms and launched tools for direct citizen engagement. When Uzbekistan’s newly installed president met a senior U.S. official on a hot summer day, he emphasized a pragmatic approach to security and education while signaling a break from his predecessor. He noted that, two years earlier, Tashkent had taken delivery of 328 surplus MRAP armored vehicle

A U.S.-affiliated mining company has finalized its purchase of a major tungsten concession in Kazakhstan and says on-site exploration will begin this summer, moving the multimillion-dollar project closer to development. At the same time, the American firm has announced plans to merge with a separate company that, according to press accounts, includes investments from the adult sons of U.S. President Donald Trump. The consolidation would create a publicly listed entity that in

Flooding and slope failures hit multiple regions, washing out roads, damaging farms and dozens of homes Heavy downpours and accompanying mudflows over the past few days have killed four people across Tajikistan and wrecked dozens of houses, officials said, as emergency crews raced to restore roads and clear farmland choked with debris. Three of the fatalities occurred after an overnight storm inundated the southern city of Kulob, where three more people were taken to hospital

China Is Paying Far Less For Power Of Siberia Gas Than Other Buyers, While Beijing Deepens Economic and Digital Links With Neighbors Newly released Russian parliamentary documents show Beijing is buying gas delivered through the Power of Siberia pipeline at roughly $248 per thousand cubic meters, far below the up-to-$562 price paid by some other foreign purchasers. That gap — about five-ninths less than the highest foreign price — highlights Moscow’s growing fiscal reliance o

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China are pressing to link a new Black-to-Pacific freight artery by folding Baku into an existing chain of Chinese, Kazakh and Caspian transport hubs. Chinese port operators have floated plans to extend services from Lianyungang through overland gateways to Aktau and then across the Caspian to Baku, while Kazakh and Azerbaijani authorities are negotiating expanded container terminals and regular block‑train schedules. If implemented, the moves would

Kazakhstan announced a boost to its infrastructure plans after the International Finance Corporation pledged support for projects worth three billion dollars, while an international tribunal at The Hague simultaneously dismissed a large portion of the country’s cost claims tied to the Kashagan oil field. The country’s leaders hailed the financing as a win for roads, ports and water management, but the arbitration outcome cuts into Astana’s leverage in long-running disputes wi

Astana — Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang traveled to Kazakhstan on Oct. 23 and held talks with President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev about partnerships to expand advanced computing in the country, officials said. The trip coincided with news that an Armenian-American company, Firebird.ai, has secured export clearance for about 45,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell graphics processors to equip a new compute facility being developed with Kazakhtelecom. Huang, who spoke at a public forum with

The State Department has stepped up efforts to promote American small modular nuclear reactors to Armenia and Kazakhstan as Washington competes with Moscow and Beijing for future energy projects. Senior U.S. diplomat Shawna J. Wilson visited both regions in late October to press for deeper nuclear cooperation, meeting with officials in Yerevan and Nur-Sultan to lay out technical assistance and training offers. The outreach follows a bilateral framework agreed with Armenia dur

Iranian missions’ social-media messages about Registan sparked a formal protest in Tashkent, which demanded the posts be removed and warned against politicizing Uzbek history. Uzbek officials handed a diplomatic note to Iran’s ambassador after a series of posts by Iranian embassies described the monuments of Samarkand as part of Persian civilization. First Deputy Foreign Minister Bakhromjon Aloyev met Iran’s envoy, Mohammad Ali Eskandari, on Oct. 23 and conveyed Tashkent’s ob

A slowed, reworked baile funk beat produced in São Paulo has unexpectedly surged across social channels in Kazakhstan and parts of Uzbekistan, drawing millions of views and shifting how its creator thinks about audiences. The track, Beat UnderCover – Taqap Taqap (Slowed Reverb), produced by Luís Guilherme Gonçalves, who records as DJ Guilherme and released via Clima Funk in June 2025 after being remixed by Rand0m, traces its roots to the 2019 single Só Socadinha. Chart-tracki

Prince William used an appearance on The Graham Norton Show to call attention to a dramatic rebound in Kazakhstan’s saiga antelope numbers, saying the country’s authorities gave the project strong institutional support that helped drive recovery. On the Earthshot Prize-themed episode aired Oct. 23, a photograph of a saiga sat on the studio set as the prince spoke about the initiative that helped nurse the species back from the brink. The recovery effort he discussed is led by