Agreements on Data Centers and Digital Assets Signed at the Astana AI Forum

• The forum was held in Astana from October 1 to 3, where government agencies, companies, and universities signed documents on artificial intelligence, fintech, education, and international cooperation.
• The UAE-based MultiBank Group plans to invest US$30 million to US$40 million in Kazakhstan, including establishing a regional office and developing the digital asset market, and will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan.
• Kazakhstan Telecom, KT-TELECOM, and FireBird AI KZ LTD signed an agreement to launch data center construction and expand the computing capacity needed for AI and cloud services.
• Kazakhstan Post and Abhibha Technologies plan to explore adding digital asset services to mobile applications; Kazakhstan Post will also cooperate with the Eurasian Development Bank on providing technical assistance for a Sharia-compliant digital consumer finance pilot.
• In education, five universities established the AI+X Alliance, and Astana IT University and SOLANA SUPERTEAM KZ will collaborate in Web3 education.
• Alatau City Authority, KASE, Huawei, Bybit, Binance Kazakhstan, and the Development Bank of Kazakhstan signed memoranda covering digital finance and urban technology projects; a separate cooperation memorandum was also signed with a Georgian digital government agency.

Original excerpt: Компания планирует вложить в Казахстан $30–40 млн, в том числе в открытие регионального офиса и развитие рынка цифровых активов.

Source: https://businessfm.kz/business/economy/data-centr-cifrovye-aktivy-i-obrazovanie-o-chyom-dogovorilis-na-ai-and-digital-bridge