At the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI Conf 2025 ) in Dushanbe, the Minister of Industry and New Technologies of the Republic of Tajikistan met with representatives of DDN (DataDirect Networks) , a global leader in data storage systems and high-performance computing ( HPC & AI Storage ) solutions. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.
DDN is an American company with over 25 years of experience in the data storage technology market. The company's solutions are used by leading research centers, government agencies, and corporations worldwide, including NASA , NVIDIA , and the US Department of Energy. The company specializes in creating systems that provide scalable storage, processing, and analysis of big data for artificial intelligence and scientific computing.
During the meeting, the parties discussed the development of national computing and data infrastructure in Tajikistan, including DDN's possible participation in a project to launch a GPU cluster and a "green" data center , implemented by the startup darya.ai with the support of the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.
Prospects for cooperation in the field of high-performance computing ( HPC ), the implementation of joint research programs and the localization of advanced data storage technologies in Central Asia were also discussed.






































