Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan have initiated high-level discussions to collaborate on national AI data infrastructure, digital public infrastructure (DPI), and advanced AI governance frameworks.
The bilateral meeting was held on November 13 at the Ministry of Digital Economy under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister Eng. Eranga Weeraratne. The discussions brought together key officials, including Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya, Senior Advisor to the President on the Digital Economy and Chairman of GovTech, and Ms. Assem Kappar, Chief Expert of the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan.
A primary focus of the talks was Kazakhstan’s national AI data centre model, particularly its capacity, sovereign hosting, and direct government investment strategy aimed at ensuring data sovereignty. Both sides agreed to exchange technical expertise regarding capacity assessments, power requirements, and capital investment parameters for Sri Lanka’s proposed national AI data centre.
The delegation also shared insights into Kazakhstan’s digital integration models, including the “Smart Bridge” platform for seamless public-private service interoperability across sectors like health and real estate. Discussions further covered the National Data Exchange (NDX) for stringent security and anti-fraud standards, a unified SuperApp ecosystem, the e-Gov GPT public service interface, a secure internal GPT for public officials, and Kazakhstan’s domestic large language model, KazLLM.
Officials noted that the partnership marks a vital step toward building a sovereign, secure, and citizen-centric digital state through international cooperation. (Newswire)
