President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev launched the operation of the new Beeline Uzbekistan data center built in the Kagan District of the Bukhara Region. Private investments in the project amounted to $40 million. The facility was established jointly with the Ministry of Digital Technologies and will become part of the operator’s distributed backup infrastructure, ensuring more stable operation of digital services for millions of users.

The project allows for further expansion, and its documentation received the international Tier III Certification of Design Documents from the Uptime Institute. It confirms compliance of engineering solutions with reliability and fault-tolerance requirements. According to VEON, the group has invested around $1.8 billion in Uzbekistan’s economy over 20 years. Another major investment was the acquisition of operator Perfectum for $207 million.

CEO of Beeline Uzbekistan Evgeny Nastradin stated that the company intends to continue developing the country’s digital infrastructure. Constructing a data center outside Tashkent expands the geography of Uzbekistan’s technological capacity and aligns with the “Digital Uzbekistan — 2030” strategy. The company also expects the new facility to create additional opportunities for developing digital services and implementing artificial intelligence technologies.