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Indonesia expands AI hub: infrastructure, talent & policy

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Indonesia’s AI‑driven AI-driven transformation has accelerated across education, industry and public policy. Building on the 360 MW NVIDIA DSX factory in Batam, a through major infrastructure milestone launches and academic partnerships. Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) has been reached with the launch of officially launched Zankore, a joint venture between Indosat with Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), Group, Nvidia, Nokia, and Ooredoo Group. Zankore aims to develop a 1 GW AI factory and neocloud platform in Batang, Central Java, which is projected to be the largest AI infrastructure project in Southeast Asia. Nokia. Following an $800 million investment from Ooredoo, which holds a 49% stake, the venture is developing a 1 GW AI factory and neocloud platform in Batang, Central Java. The project will utilize Nvidia’s DSX reference architecture and architecture—including Nvidia GB300 NVL72 hardware—and Nokia’s networking infrastructure. The project is scheduled Zankore plans to deploy its initial 200 MW of capacity in the first half of 2027, eventually scaling to the full 1 GW capacity. The platform will host an open‑source Indonesian large language model with 70 billion parameters and is designed capacity to serve hyperscalers, enterprises, and governments. In the realm of talent and research, the UGM Indosat NVIDIA AI Technology Center (NVAITC) has been established as Indonesia’s first university-based AI center. A collaboration between the Ministry of Communication and Digital, IOH, Nvidia, and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), the center is part of the Indonesia AI Center of Excellence initiative. It utilizes Indosat’s ‘GPU Merdeka’ sovereign GPU-as-a-Service platform and Nvidia’s full-stack AI platform to provide researchers and students with enterprise-class accelerated computing and technical training. Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid noted described the project signals “growing global confidence in Indonesia’s digital economy.” Parallel center as a crucial step toward “establishing national AI sovereignty and transforming Indonesia from an AI consumer into a global innovator.” These developments build upon existing talent pipelines have expanded: the pipelines, including BINUS Digital‑Transformation & AI campus in Semarang now offers full‑tuition scholarships; BINUS, UBSI, UNM and other universities have launched AI‑focused university degree tracks, soft‑skill workshops and industry‑linked internships; a record, 2,043 AI graduates emerged from the Creative‑Economy Ministry’s Digital Talent programme. Youth‑oriented digital‑skill schemes such as ANDAL, free training programmes and the “Future Leader” scholarship further broaden the talent pool, while the government is revising labour law efforts to protect workers from opaque revise labour laws regarding algorithmic decisions and to safeguard gig‑economy participants. AI governance initiatives span health, creative industries, finance and Islamic finance. decisions. Together, these moves initiatives aim to position Indonesia as a Southeast Asian AI hub and potentially lift Indonesia’s GDP by up to 12% by 2030 and position the nation as a Southeast Asian AI hub. 2030.

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  1. 2026-08-14 03:51 UTC Indonesia expands AI hub: infrastructure, talent & policy
  2. 2026-08-11 12:27 UTC Indonesia expands AI hub: infrastructure, talent & policy
  3. 2026-08-07 12:55 UTC Indonesia expands AI hub: factories, talent & governance

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