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        "msgid": "danantara-boss-reveals-major-profit-opportunities-for-indonesia-from-ai-1775591480",
        "date": "2026-04-07 20:50:00",
        "title": "Danantara Boss Reveals Major Profit Opportunities for Indonesia from AI",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "The Chief Investment Officer of BPI Danantara, Pandu Sjahrir, highlighted the significant opportunities for Indonesia in leveraging its energy sector to support the growing demands of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. He noted that AI's high energy requirements, particularly for data centres and digital infrastructure, present a backlog challenge globally, but Indonesia's strong position in energy exports positions it well to capitalise on this. Emphasising the need for investments in renewable energy to meet projected demands of at least 10 gigawatts in the coming years, Pandu sees this as a key avenue for economic growth through enhanced digital infrastructure development.",
        "content": "<p>Badan Pengelola Investasi Daya Anagata Nusantara (BPI Danantara) has\nspotlighted investments in the digital infrastructure sector.\nDanantara\u2019s Chief Investment Officer, Pandu Sjahrir, stated that the\nadvent of artificial intelligence (AI) has simultaneously sparked greed\nand fear.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, despite public fears regarding intelligent\ntechnology, AI remains a highly attractive prospect. However, everything\nrelated to AI requires energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you know, when you talk about artificial intelligence and all\nthe opportunities that will come, there is one thing that actually\nbecomes their backlog, which is energy,\u201d he said at the Bank Mega\nAuditorium in Jakarta on Tuesday (7\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>This means that energy is key and can create opportunities for\nIndonesia. \u201cEnergy is AI. AI requires energy. That\u2019s why I see a big\nopportunity for Indonesia,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Pandu noted that Indonesia is a strong player in energy exports.\n\u201cThis is an opportunity, sir, on how we can use this chance to develop\ndigital infrastructure,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pandu pointed out that most people now use AI services like cloud and\nOpenAI more frequently than Google. This presents an opportunity for\nIndonesia to seriously expand investments in the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe high demand from digital infrastructure. In our case, sir, this\nis just an example; Singapore might need an extra 4-6 gigawatts just for\ndata centres. Indonesia\u2019s total as of today, including everything, is\n6-1 gigawatts. The minimum needed in Indonesia is 10 gigawatts in the\nnext few years. What is needed is renewable energy, mostly,\u201d he\nrevealed.<\/p>\n<p>Pandu further explained that many major countries around the world\nare competing to become sources of affordable energy while also\nproviding access to clean water. Thus, how to utilise energy or energy\npotential to obtain resources from the AI side, namely digital\ninfrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the opportunity that I find very interesting,\u201d he\nconcluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/danantara-boss-reveals-major-profit-opportunities-for-indonesia-from-ai-1775591480",
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