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The AI Connectivity Conference took place in Astana. The key question: how to provide AI with stable connectivity, data and computing resources in real time.

The industry event Data Center & AI Infrastructure Central Asia 2026 is scheduled in Kazakhstan for April 16–17, 2026 — on data centers, cloud infrastructure and computing capacity for AI workloads.

The Senate held a meeting on introducing the digital tenge and using it in the public finance system, with the relevant committee and representatives of interested government agencies.

The President has signed the Digital Code — a document that establishes digital rights, rules for data and digital identification, and the foundations for regulating the digital sphere and AI.

The head of Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development said that in 2025 the IT industry’s share of GDP reached 2.7%. Sales of domestic solutions, the software registry and the number of specialists are growing.

Uzbekistan has simultaneously outlined its digital priorities for 2026, tightened liability for unlawful processing of personal data using AI and is promoting AI data center projects in Karakalpakstan

Ukraine’s largest mobile operator, Kyivstar, has announced the launch of its first 5G test zone in Lviv. The pilot is needed to test how the technology works in real urban conditions.

Steppe Rider was released in December on Steam and in app stores as an “educational game” for the Kazakh language. The procurement amount was about 242 million tenge. On social media the project was sharply criticized for its quality and failure to meet expectations.