Nvidia and Firebird expand Kazakhstan AI infrastructure

Firebird secured a US export licence for 45,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs and began building the first phase of its Data Center Valley installation in Ekibastuz with Kazakhtelecom. Commercial operations are slated for Q3 2027, with a second phase potentially reaching about 500 MW.

• US licence covers 45,000 Grace Blackwell GPUs
• First phase in Ekibastuz to start operations in Q3 2027
• Second phase could bring capacity to about 500 MW
• Kazakhtelecom already deployed 400 H200 and 480 B300 GPUs