JSC Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund is executing a massive plan to finish 16 major infrastructure and modernization projects this year, valued at KZT 3.3 trillion. These strategic developments are designed to overhaul Kazakhstan’s transport, digital, and energy networks while generating new jobs and boosting the national economy.
Key Strategic Initiatives for 2026.
The KZT 3.3 trillion investment encompasses 16 key projects, notably including:
- Transport & Logistics: Constructing the crucial Moiynty-Kyzylzhar and Darbaza-Maktaaral railway lines to improve cross-border transit.
- Energy & Utilities: Upgrading Almaty’s CHP-2, building a new hybrid power plant, and constructing a new gas plant at the Kashagan field.
- Digital Connectivity: Laying an internet and fiber-optic cable network across the bed of the Caspian Sea.Technological Infrastructure: Launching a new supercomputer cluster based on the NVIDIA B300 in Kosshy, which will expand Kazakhstan’s capabilities in high-performance computing.
Economic and Strategic Oversight.
- Record Investment Flow: To drive these and longer-term projects, the Fund’s total planned investment expenditures for 2026 reached KZT 5.3 trillion, up from KZT 2.7 trillion the prior year.
- Government Mandate: Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov directed the Fund’s leadership to maintain daily control over fundamental energy, transport, and digital projects, emphasizing that all facilities must meet strict completion deadlines.
- Wider Economic Reforms: These operations coincide with wider economic liberalization efforts aimed at transferring state-owned assets valued at KZT 3.4 trillion to the competitive private sector.
