Kazakhstan’s supercomputer ranks among world’s 100 most powerful

Alem.Cloud ranks 86th among the world’s supercomputers / Photo: Shutterstock

The TOP500 — a project that ranks the world’s 500 most powerful computer systems — placed Kazakhstan’s supercomputer Alem.Cloud at the 86th place, the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development stated in a release.

The ministry emphasized that only clusters that successfully pass the independent test under the High-Performance Linpack (HPL) standard — the internationally recognized benchmark for computing performance — are eligible for the ranking.

The system’s performance and architecture

As of today, the system, delivering petaflop-level performance, is the most powerful computing cluster in Kazakhstan and in Central Asia.

The supercomputer’s main purpose is project implementation in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing, and big data analysis. The cluster’s architecture consists of 64 HPE Cray servers united in a single high-density GPU complex, with each computing node featuring contemporary NVIDIA H200 accelerators.

International cooperation and security

The Alem.Cloud project was implemented in partnership with Presight, an international technology company from the G42 group based in the UAE. The collaboration included support in designing high-performance computing clusters and developing the AI ecosystem, allowing Kazakhstan to introduce leading global practices tailored to the country’s needs.

The TOP500 recognition confirms that Kazakhstan possesses a powerful scientific and technological infrastructure and substantial potential for developing its own AI models. The ministry believes that this move opens new opportunities for scientific research and potential future exports of digital services and technologies.

The software includes:

SUSE Harvester — a next-generation hypervisor built for modern virtualization and distributed computing. SUSE Rancher — a centralized platform for managing Kubernetes clusters and AI workloads.

The cluster’s operation is secured by SUSE NeuVector (container security system), Palo Alto Networks (network security and segmentation) and Thales cryptographic and hardware solutions for encryption and key management.

Kazakhstan’s national supercomputer Alem.Cloud was launched on July 9, 2025.