The construction of Central Asia’s first data center with the highest level of reliability is underway in Astana. There are currently around 70 facilities of this kind worldwide. The project has attracted nearly $354 million in investment. Once completed, the facility will have a capacity of 100 megawatts. It will comprise four independent modules and cover an area of more than 11 hectares. The data center will store, process, and transmit large volumes of data for Kazakh and international companies, banks, cloud service providers, and telecommunications operators. The facility is also designed for developers of AI solutions. To ensure uninterrupted operations, the site is being equipped with its own power and telecommunications infrastructure. The first phase is scheduled to be commissioned in the second quarter of next year. More than 40 companies from 12 countries have already expressed interest in the facility’s future capacity. The new data center is set to strengthen Kazakhstan’s role as a digital hub in Central Asia.
«This is the first Tier IV data center in Central Asia. A Tier IV data center, above all, provides complete fault tolerance. If one system fails, or even two or three systems fail, our clients’ data will remain safe and accessible. Cloud providers will be the first to come on board, followed by hyperscalers. These include Google Cloud and Amazon, as well as companies specializing in artificial intelligence that will process this data. This, in turn, will attract additional investment to our country,» said Yerassyl Ayubekov, Chief Commercial Officer of the Akashi Data Center.
«The distinctive feature is the very high level of redundancy built into the data center’s power supply. If one of the substation components fails, there is always a backup to ensure an uninterrupted power supply to the IT equipment. In terms of safety, the project has a high level of relay protection and automation at both the Central City Step-Down Substation and the Akashi substation. This is designed to prevent cascading failures in the power supply system,» said Yan Pryanichnikov, Deputy Director for Construction.
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