Kazakhstan has launched its national supercomputing cluster, Alem Cloud. The project has already entered the global Top100 ranking and has become the largest HPC infrastructure in Central Asia, securing 86th place among the world’s most powerful supercomputers.

Today, having a domestic HPC infrastructure is not merely a technological advantage, it is an element of national security and digital independence. Leading countries are investing in supercomputers for climate modeling, industrial design, scientific research, and training artificial intelligence systems. Kazakhstan is following this trend by building its own high-performance computing base.

Alem Cloud is built on the infrastructure of NITEC JSC and is designed for artificial intelligence tasks, big data analytics, and complex engineering calculations. According to international testing based on the HPL Linpack methodology.

The cluster’s technological architecture is built on  NVIDIA H200 graphics accelerators, a high-speed network infrastructure, and a modern data storage system. These capabilities make it possible to train large language models with tens or even hundreds of billions of parameters, as well as to implement projects in analytics and industrial simulation.

The supercomputer is planned for use in public administration, science, healthcare, energy, agriculture, the oil and gas sector, transport, industry, and cybersecurity. Government agencies, research centers, and startups will be able to access computing resources through a dedicated application platform. Capacity allocation will depend on strategic priorities and the significance of projects.

Special attention has been given to data protection. The cluster is hosted in a TIER 3 standard data center with network segmentation and restricted external access. The architecture follows a Zero Trust principle and includes a comprehensive system of cryptographic and container security.

The creation of Alem Cloud lays the foundation for developing domestic AI technologies and reduces dependence on foreign computing services. In the context of accelerating digital transformation, this represents an important step toward the country’s technological self-reliance.