Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits Kazakhstan to discuss AI hub plans

Jensen Huang has been to a lot of places pitching the AI boom. On Friday, he added Kazakhstan to the list. The Nvidia CEO made his first visit to the country and said it could become a major AI computing hub serving Europe. A fireside chat in Astana The visit took place on October 23, 2026. Huang sat down for a fireside chat with Zhaslan Madiyev, Kazakhstan’s deputy prime minister and minister of artificial intelligence and digital development. The conversation was held at the alem.ai International Artificial Intelligence Center in Astana. It served as the closing event for “AI Month 2026,” a national program that kicked off on September 23. The month-long push featured hackathons and infrastructure announcements. Huang singled out three advantages during the chat: abundant energy, existing data connectivity, and growing computational capacity. He also highlighted the country’s national large language model as part of the case for becoming an AI hub for Europe. The hardware behind the hype Kazakhstan is not starting from zero. State operator Kazakhtelecom has already deployed hundreds of Nvidia GPUs, including 400 H200 chips and 480 B300 chips. Kazakhtelecom is planning to acquire ...