Freedom Holding plans first public GPU cloud in Kazakhstan for 2027
Freedom Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: FRHC) says it is moving ahead with AI infrastructure in Kazakhstan, including a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub and a first public GPU cloud planned for 2027. The company says the programme aims to widen access to computing resources for businesses, developers and public institutions.
- Freedom Holding Corp. is developing a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub in Kazakhstan with 100 MW of available power.
- The company plans to launch its first public GPU cloud in 2027.
- The first phase of the Freedom AI Super Cluster is planned for the first quarter of 2027.
- Turlov says demand is twice the planned capacity of the hub's first stage.
- Turlov met NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang in Astana on 23 October.
A Sovereign AI Hub with 100 MW of power
According to Freedom, it is developing the Sovereign AI Hub under an agreement signed in November 2025 with Kazakhstan's Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development. The project envisages a site with 100 MW of available power. Freedom is the principal financing and implementation partner and will operate the hub.
The planned infrastructure is intended to support AI model training, large-scale data processing and the development of AI services for business and government. The company says shared computing resources can enable organisations to develop and run applications without building their own server infrastructure.
Timur Turlov, CEO of Freedom Holding Corp., has said demand already stands at twice the planned capacity of the hub's first stage. Major prospective clients have expressed willingness to lease future capacity for five years, according to the company.
GPU cloud, Super Cluster and Almaty data centre
Freedom plans to make its first GPU cluster available as a public cloud in 2027. The aim is to give businesses and developers access to computing capacity for AI workloads.
- Freedom AI Super Cluster: designed to serve government, business and science, with its first phase planned for the first quarter of 2027.
- Freedom Cloud data centre: a new facility is under construction near Almaty.
- Existing customers: Freedom Cloud already serves more than 3,400 business and public-sector clients.
The company describes an international technology ecosystem that spans banking, brokerage, insurance and telecoms, as well as lifestyle services including ticketing, travel, e-commerce and food delivery.
Meeting with NVIDIA's Jensen Huang
On 23 October, Turlov met Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in Astana during Huang's first visit to Kazakhstan. Turlov presented Freedom's technology ecosystem and its AI infrastructure plans, the company says.
Turlov noted that Kazakhstan has developed a strong pool of talent already creating technology in e-commerce and finance. Combined with domestic AI infrastructure, he said, this is becoming one of the country's main advantages in the global digital transformation.
What it means for developers and businesses
If the plans go ahead as described, businesses, developers and public bodies in Kazakhstan would gain access to local computing capacity for AI workloads from 2027, without needing to build their own server infrastructure. Freedom says its role is to provide the infrastructure to support that development, and that its investment in computing capacity and cloud services aims to help businesses and developers turn local expertise into AI applications and digital products.
The release does not give pricing, hardware specifications or a detailed timeline for the hub itself beyond the 2027 milestones for the public GPU cloud and the first phase of the Super Cluster.
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