A look at Central Asia's emerging data center race, led by Uzbekistan's 6MW TAS-1 due by year-end and Kazakhstan's 125MW facility with 100K Nvidia chips by 2027 (Yevgeniya Mikhailidi/Nikkei Asia)
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- Uzbekistan is building TAS-1, a 6MW data center scheduled for completion by year-end, leading the push into Central Asia's data center market.
- Kazakhstan has a 125MW data center facility planned that will house 100,000 Nvidia chips by 2027.
- The Central Asian data center race is intensifying as both Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan commit major capacity, per Nikkei Asia's reporting from Tashkent and Istanbul.
Why it matters: Central Asian nations are staking out positions as compute infrastructure destinations — Kazakhstan alone is committing 125MW of capacity with 100,000 Nvidia chips slated for 2027. The gap between Uzbekistan's near-term TAS-1 launch and Kazakhstan's 2027 timeline shows the region at different stages of infrastructure maturity.
