The U.S. is pushing its nuclear tech in Central Asia and the Caucasus, with State Department talks in Armenia and Kazakhstan focused on small modular reactors, as Russia and China vie for the same reactor deals. #Nuclear#SMR#Kazakhstan
https://t.co/mUCkysFUWr has an export license for 45,000 Nvidia Grace Blackwell GPUs for a Kazakhstan data center built with Kazakhtelecom. Phase one launches in Q3 2027, and capacity could reach 500 MW after phase two. #AI#Nvidia#Kazakhstan#DataCenters
A Hague arbitration court threw out $12B of Kazakhstan's Kashagan claims against Exxon, Shell and TotalEnergies as time-barred, leaving $8B standing. Exxon says further Kashagan development waits until the cases settle. #Kazakhstan#Oil#Kashagan
The UAE signed an MoU with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on a trans-Afghan railway linking Central Asia to Pakistan seaports. Astana says the UAE brings infrastructure expertise; no funding totals were named. #UAE#Kazakhstan#Railway#Trade
Kazakhstan plans to sharply increase Russian gas imports, targeting about 11 bcm this year as domestic demand rises. But new U.S. sanctions could complicate the strategy and raise the cost of relying on Gazprom. #Kazakhstan#Russia#NaturalGas
