Luxembourg – November 12, 2026 -- Gcore and TengriAI have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore a GPU data center in Kazakhstan with a target capacity of up to 100 MW, phased between 2027 and 2029.
Central Asia's thin AI compute base forces reliance on foreign capacity
Central Asia has little domestic AI compute, so organizations depend on capacity in Europe, the Gulf or East Asia, often outside regulatory jurisdiction. Gcore CEO Andre Reitenbach framed the project as a response to a question every market asks: "how do we run AI on our own terms?" The facility would put large-scale GPU infrastructure in the country, operated from the country, for customers across the region.
TengriAI would handle land, power and construction while Gcore supplies the cloud stack
Under the MoU, TengriAI would handle land, power, permitting and construction. Gcore would provide the AI cloud stack, operations and customer demand. The platform is the one Gcore runs in its own GPU clouds as an NVIDIA Preferred Cloud Partner.
Customers could meter, bill and resell capacity, or run isolated workloads that never leave the facility.
Kazakhstan pitches low-cost energy and the AIFC's common-law framework
Kazakhstan offers competitively priced energy, available land, lower cooling costs and a government that treats AI infrastructure as a national priority. Its location and the Astana International Financial Centre's common-law framework make it a natural base for neighboring markets.
Nurassyl Medeu, General Director of TengriAI, said the goal is to make Kazakhstan a leading AI token hub in Central Asia. He cited Gcore's record of operating GPU clouds at scale and working with telecom operators.