Belarus

Name: Belarus
Address: BY

Belarus has a personal data law in force since November 2021 that limits transfers abroad, and a 2017 decree that sets the High-Tech Park regime for digital businesses.

Decree No. 8 'On Digital Economy Development', adopted on 21 December 2017 and in force from 28 March 2018, gives High-Tech Park residents the right to carry out mining activities, according to the park's own FAQ. Law No. 99-Z of 7 May 2021 on personal data protection took effect on 15 November 2021, with a National Personal Data Protection Centre as regulator and transfers abroad allowed to countries with an appropriate level of protection or by consent or permit. We found no named data centre or compute programme. This entry states only what the cited pages say.

AI policy and activity

DLA Piper reports that draft amendments covering video surveillance, artificial intelligence and outsourcing of data processing were anticipated for submission in August 2026. We did not confirm that.

Power and grid

No data centre or grid information for Belarus was found in the pages read.

Rules and programmes

Rules and programmes
Instrument	Kind	Status	What it does
Decree No. 8 on Digital Economy Development Read the cited source	Law	In force from 28 March 2018	Primary. High-Tech Park FAQ page. It states the decree was adopted on 21 December 2017 and entered into force on 28 March 2018, allows registered High-Tech Park residents to engage in mining activities, keeps 'exterritoriality' so companies need not be physically in the park, and says mining is not a licensable activity beyond residency. We did not read the decree text.
Law No. 99-Z on Personal Data Protection Read the cited source	Law	In force from 15 November 2021	Reported. DLA Piper summary: law of 7 May 2021, regulator is the National Personal Data Protection Centre, transfers abroad are generally prohibited unless the destination offers an appropriate level of protection (with exceptions for informed consent or an individual permit), no mandatory localisation is stated, and security measures for information systems need attestation through the Operational and Analytical Centre. A second summary at https://bnt.eu/?p=56752 confirms the 15 November 2021 date. We did not read the law.

Checked on 3 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.

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ComputeFinder. (2026, October 3). Belarus: AI and compute. ComputeFinder. Retrieved November 14, 2026, from https://computefinder.net/countries/belarus

BibTeX

@misc{computefinder_countries_belarus,
  title        = {Belarus: AI and compute},
  author       = {{ComputeFinder}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0093}},
  number       = {cf-ctry-0093},
  note         = {Page last checked 3 October 2026. Retrieved 14 November 2026.}
}

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