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Kazakhstan, Firebird Ink $10 Billion AI Deal With Nvidia Support

Source: Bloomberg  Â·  June 15, 2026

Kazakhstan signed accords with the startup Firebird Inc. on computing projects involving Nvidia Corp. that could bring as much as $10 billion in investment, positioning the Central Asian energy producer as an artificial intelligence hub.

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Kazakhstan's energy surplus is the real asset here, since cheap power and cold climate make it viable to run Nvidia-grade clusters that would be prohibitively expensive elsewhere. The $10 billion figure is a ceiling, not a commitment, so watch whether Firebird secures actual GPU allocations from Nvidia and how much of the buildout materializes beyond the initial accords. Also worth tracking: whether US export controls complicate shipping advanced chips into a country bordering both Russia and China.

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