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The Times of Central Asia (19 May 2020)

Nur-Sultan

Issues of creating a Digital Hub in the Mangistau region in Kazakhstan were discussed at a meeting on the project to create a Caspian digital hub. The meeting, held last Friday, gathered representatives of the Embassy of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development, akimat (administration) of the Mangystau region, Kazakh Invest national investment promotion company, Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund KIDF, and JSC Transtelecom, Kazakh Invest reported.

The Caspian Digital Hub involves the construction of fiber optic links along the bottom of the Caspian Sea and includes the construction of an underwater fiber optic cable on the Caspian bottom, as well as the construction of two data centers in Aktau (Kazakhstan) and Baku (Azerbaijan). The project will create a communication channel for data transfer from Europe to Asia, through Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

The project will contribute to the creation of an open information society in the Eurasian region and the development of Internet services, which will positively affect the development and diversification of the economies of the region.

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