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Data Center Valley Ekibastuz

PRJ-0600 · Site · Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan

Record last updated Oct 28, 2026

Scope and capacity

Kazakhstan is advancing the Data Center Valley initiative in Ekibastuz as an energy-intensive AI infrastructure district. Government agencies describe planned energy capacity of as much as 1 GW and ongoing investor discussions. The figure is a future site-energy envelope, not operating IT capacity.

Headline: 1,000 MW Planned / design

Numbers refer to their stated physical boundaries and are not added together. Source dates, claim dates and record updates have different meanings. Missing dates and locators are not inferred.

Location context · Data Center Valley | Ekibastuz | Pavlodar Region | Kazakhstan

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 54709 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Lifecycle status · Preconstruction

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 54710 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Reported capacity · 1,000 MW

Planned / design or future potential · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 54711 · Recorded claim type: Proposal · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Separate claim, not added to the headline

  1. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Capacity basis · Government stated planned energy capacity up to 1 GW

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 54712 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Project identity · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119565 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Lifecycle status · Development program

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119566 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Location · Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, KZ

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119567 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Participant roles · Kazakhstan Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development, Kazakhtelecom

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119568 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Capacity · 1,000 MW

Planned / design or future potential · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119569 · Recorded claim type: Proposal · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Selected headline

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Capacity basis · Up to 1,000 MW planned site energy capacity

Planned / design or future potential · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119570 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

Headline treatment: Separate claim, not added to the headline

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Development scale · Kazakhstan is advancing the Data Center Valley initiative in Ekibastuz as an energy intensive AI infrastructure district. Government agencies describe planned energy capacity of as much as 1 GW and ongoing investor discussions

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119571 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Infrastructure · The figure is a future site energy envelope, not operating IT capacity.

Actual · Data Center Valley Ekibastuz (Project)

Claim 119572 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Ekibastuz considers AI data center with capacity up to 1 GW

    Kazakh Invest · Document date: May 1, 2026 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-6535 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://invest.gov.kz/media-center/press-releases/v-ekibastuze-rassmatrivaetsya-sozdanie-ii-data-tsentra-moshchnostyu-do-1-gvt/

  2. Data Center Valley project implementation review

    Prime Minister of Kazakhstan · Document date: Feb 3, 2026 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-2943 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://primeminister.kz/en/news/olzhas-bektenov-holds-meeting-on-implementation-of-presidential-instructions-within-the-data-center-valley-project-31118

Counterparties and capital

Kazakhstan Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development · Developer · CMP-1375

Kazakhtelecom · Developer · CMP-1376

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