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

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Uzbekistan’s Shavkat Mirziyoyev turned up in Moscow on May 9 to stand with President Vladimir Putin at a sharply reduced Victory Day ceremony, a move that has prompted fresh speculation about why two normally cautious regional leaders altered plans at the last minute. The parade on Moscow’s central square was markedly shorter and less ostentatious than in past years amid security concerns about possible drone attacks, and many intern

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

Центральная Азия становится все более заметным регионом на карте мировых инноваций и предпринимательства. В последние годы здесь наблюдается активный рост стартап-экосистемы, что связано с развитием технологий, улучшением инфраструктуры и поддержкой со стороны государства и международных организаций. В данной статье рассматриваются ключевые аспекты развития стартапов в Центральной Азии, а также перспективы и вызовы, с которыми сталкиваются предприниматели региона. Развитие ст

Subheadline: Record bullion values have swollen reserves and tax receipts in Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, while miners see modest gains that are eroded by inflation, mounting debt and fears of overreliance on a single export Gold’s surge over the past two years has poured fresh income into several Central Asian governments and delivered real, if limited, gains to some workers — but analysts warn the region’s economic underpinnings have not shifted. International pri

China is accelerating its involvement in Central Asian farming, water management and cross-border commerce as the region grapples with hotter, drier conditions and a pressing need to modernize food production. In recent weeks, a string of agreements and pilot programs in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan have ranged from technology transfers and joint vocational training to infrastructure deals and export pitches — moves that local officials say

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev urged Russia and Ukraine to pause hostilities and resume negotiations during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Omsk on July 25, calling for a cessation of combat as a step toward a lasting settlement. Tokayev said that major powers, including Moscow, should offer security assurances before moving to a final agreement, an appeal that marked one of his clearest public calls for an end to the fighting while seated alongside Put

A provisional protocol would steer more freight across Chinese territory as Islamabad and Tashkent seek alternatives to a tense Afghan land link. Uzbek and Pakistani officials have signaled a move to broaden overland commerce by routing shipments through China, according to Pakistani reporting. The measure, expected to be formalized soon, is intended to keep goods flowing between the two countries while border tensions with Afghanistan continue to disrupt traditional transit

Beijing’s customs agency reported a modest overall rise in commerce with Central Asia in the first half of 2026, but the gains were concentrated in a few states while others posted sharp declines. China’s total trade with the five Central Asian republics reached $52.94 billion in the first six months of the year, an increase of roughly one-fifteenth from the same period in 2025, according to data released by Beijing’s General Administration of Customs. The aggregate balance r

Kyrgyz authorities inaugurated a roughly 63-kilometer rail section between Balykchy and Kochkor on July 25, a step officials say will ease fuel and freight flows into the mountainous Naryn region even as President Sadyr Japarov accused large-scale theft in a separate road project. The government presented the new track as a domestic achievement in civil engineering and said the line will help move coal to households and the Bishkek thermal plant during winter. The route, howe

CPC resumed tanker loadings at its Novorossiysk terminal on July 27, but producers warn the recovery may be slow after output plunged. Kazakh authorities said shipments through the Caspian Pipeline Consortium picked up again on July 27, with the tankers SEAMAJESTY and MILOS taking on crude from Tengizchevroil at the terminal’s loading buoys. CPC reported the pipeline had been returning oil since 12:28 p.m. Moscow time, ending a stoppage that lasted about a week. The Energy Mi