Siemens is ready to expand in Kazakhstan.
The German technology group has offered solutions for power grid modernization, digitalization, automation and water supply, while also signaling its readiness to participate in developing data center infrastructure, DKNews.kz reports.
The proposals were discussed in Munich on September 30 during a meeting between President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Bernd Ulbricht, Vice President for Commercial and Financial Affairs at Siemens AG. The talks opened the second day of Tokayev’s official visit to Germany.
Kazakhstan wants more than Siemens equipment
The central message from the meeting went beyond purchasing German technology.
Tokayev said Kazakhstan is interested in building manufacturing, engineering and service capabilities at home. Siemens is already considered an important partner because its core businesses — industrial digitalization, electrification, mobility and smart infrastructure — closely align with Kazakhstan’s modernization priorities.
For Kazakhstan, this means shifting from importing advanced equipment toward developing the expertise needed to deploy, maintain and service technology domestically.
That approach could broaden cooperation from individual equipment contracts to longer-term industrial partnerships.
Siemens technology is already being deployed at Qarmet
One example is emerging in Kazakhstan’s metals industry.
Tokayev welcomed a joint project between Siemens and Kazakhstan’s Silk Road Electronics to modernize equipment at the Qarmet metallurgical plant.
The official statement did not disclose the project’s investment value, implementation timeline or specific equipment involved.
Still, Qarmet gives the partnership a major industrial testing ground and connects Siemens’ technology directly with Kazakhstan’s push to digitally transform its real economy.
Power grids and utilities could become the next focus
Kazakhstan sees further potential for Siemens technology in its energy and utilities sectors.
During the talks, the President pointed to the company’s expertise and technological innovations as potentially useful for modernizing this infrastructure.
Ulbricht identified several areas where Siemens could offer technological solutions:
- power grid modernization;
- industrial digitalization;
- automation;
- water supply;
- data center infrastructure.
No specific investment projects or financial commitments in these areas were announced at the meeting. The discussion instead identified sectors where future cooperation could be developed.
Siemens is ready to work on data center infrastructure
Data centers were one of the more notable areas raised during the talks.
Siemens said it was ready to participate in developing the infrastructure needed for such facilities in Kazakhstan.
Data centers require reliable power supply, sophisticated electrical infrastructure and automated management systems. That creates an overlap between Kazakhstan’s digital ambitions and Siemens’ existing expertise in electrification and smart infrastructure.
The proposal also fits Kazakhstan’s broader effort to develop physical infrastructure alongside the expansion of its digital economy.
Environmental monitoring could gain German technology
Another potential area is environmental monitoring.
Tokayev said Siemens’ expertise could help Kazakhstan improve the quality of systems used to monitor environmental conditions.
The official statement did not specify which monitoring technologies could be deployed or where they might be introduced.
At this stage, environmental monitoring therefore remains a prospective area of cooperation rather than an announced project.
Siemens Healthineers could expand cooperation
The talks also extended beyond heavy industry and infrastructure.
Both sides highlighted the potential to expand cooperation with Siemens Healthineers in medical technology.
Ulbricht noted that Siemens has operated in the Kazakh market for 30 years and has participated in a number of industrial projects during that period.
The latest talks suggest that the company’s potential footprint could now extend from metallurgy and industrial automation to power grids, water infrastructure, data centers and healthcare technology.
The Siemens meeting came as Kazakhstan sought deeper German investment and technology partnerships during Tokayev’s visit. We previously reported how Tokayev pledged particular attention to protecting German investments in Kazakhstan, with the two countries working on a portfolio of 40 industrial projects worth approximately $54 billion. The talks with Siemens put several concrete technology sectors behind that broader investment agenda.
