In Karakalpakstan, projects worth $7.6 billion have been launched

In Karakalpakstan, with the participation of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, 11 facilities were launched and the construction of 47 new projects worth a total of around $7.6 billion was started. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.

The cost of the 11 launched projects was $592 million, and the 47 new productions and infrastructure facilities - $7 billion. It is expected that the implementation of all the declared initiatives will create 8 thousand jobs.

Among the commissioned facilities are two wind power plants with a capacity of 300 MW with an energy storage system of 100 MW in the Karauzak district, a 100-bed city hospital named after Sheikh Khalifa in Nukus worth $27 million, and the first stage of the Linkwise computing center worth $150 million in the Taxiatash district. For Nukus, a project to update the Sapsan Trans Nokis public transport fleet worth $20 million has also been launched: 25 buses and electric buses have already arrived in the city, and another 75 electric buses are expected by the end of the year.

Among the new construction projects are a 1.5 GW wind power plant by Saudi ACWA Power in the Kungrad district worth $2.6 billion, projects for the extraction of digital currency and data centers for artificial intelligence in the Kungrad and Taxiatash districts worth $2.281 billion, as well as the reconstruction of 92 km of the A-380 highway worth $233 million with the support of the Asian Development Bank. In Nukus, a project for the "New Uzbekistan" complex with an area of 270 hectares with housing for 30 thousand people was presented.