Yandex Cloud begins providing cloud services based on a data center in Kazakhstan

Yandex Cloud, a public cloud platform, has deployed its server infrastructure in a data center located in Kazakhstan. Users in Kazakhstan and Central Asia now have access to a wide range of Yandex Cloud services and technologies, including solutions for data storage and processing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and much more. These tools enable companies to quickly and efficiently develop new digital services.

This step is part of Yandex Cloud's long-term development strategy in Kazakhstan and Central Asia. A team of technical specialists and experts is already working in the Kazakhstan office, and Yandex Cloud services are priced in tenge. Additionally, Yandex SpeechKit, a speech recognition and synthesis service, supports Kazakh and Uzbek languages. With it, companies can create voice assistants and robots for call centers.

Tens of Kazakhstani companies, including large and medium-sized businesses as well as startups, are already using Yandex Cloud to reduce costs and accelerate the launch of their digital products. Among the clients who have already chosen Yandex Cloud in Kazakhstan as their technology partner are Kolesa Group, Technodom, Bukhta, HR Messenger, TargetAI, 1Fit, Demetra, Rocket Firm, and others.

Yandex Kazakhstan places special emphasis on the development of the IT market in the Republic. As part of the Yandex Cloud Boost grant program for cloud technologies, the company supports Kazakhstani IT startups and collaborates with accelerators, business incubators, and tech parks. Startups can use cloud resources to build their infrastructure and create services, gaining access to expertise and unique technologies from Yandex Kazakhstan. Kazakhstani companies have already received grants for cloud infrastructure totaling more than 160 million tenge. Partners of Yandex Cloud Boost in Kazakhstan include AstanaHub, the MOST Ventures ecosystem, Terricon Valley, TechnoWomen, as well as startup incubators at Nazarbayev University and KazNU (KBTU).