Boosteroid, Gaw and Firebird plan 480MW in Kazakhstan

Boosteroid, Gaw Capital and Firebird AI have signed preliminary agreements for 480 megawatts of data center capacity in Kazakhstan, phase two of the country's Data Center Valley project in the Pavlodar region.

Why it matters: The plan, expandable to 620 megawatts, would take Kazakhstan's state backed valley toward its 1 gigawatt target by 2029 and adds a Central Asian leg to the AI buildout, in a country that currently has only 19 data centers.

Data as of Datacenter Dynamics report of November 10, 2026, read in full in this run, reporting a notice from the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan and a Kazakhtelecom progress report; single sourced, so the capacity figures and timetable are the project's own as reported. Developing item.

Boosteroid, Hong Kong based private equity firm Gaw Capital and AI cloud startup Firebird AI have signed preliminary agreements to establish 480 megawatts of data center capacity in Kazakhstan, expandable to 620 megawatts. The project is phase two of the country’s Data Center Valley development in the Pavlodar region, which targets up to 1 gigawatt of capacity by 2029, and the plans were revealed at a meeting between Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of AI and Digital Development Zhaslan Madiyev.

Phase one is already underway, with three data centers totalling 304 megawatts: a first 68 megawatt site has moved to foundation construction and is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2027, a second Firebird AI site of 164 megawatts is 70 percent excavated for launch in the third quarter of 2027, and a third of 72 megawatts is due in the fourth quarter of 2027. Negotiations are also underway with Aleria, Energy Capital Global and China Energy for a further 240 megawatts, expandable to 420 megawatts, and talks on a third phase have begun.

Boosteroid, Gaw and Firebird plan 480MW in Kazakhstan

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