Kadin Pushes Data Centre Industry Strengthening to Drive National Digital Downstreaming
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) is pushing for the strengthening of the data centre industry to accelerate national digital downstreaming and deliver broad economic impact.
One effort to bolster the data centre industry involved attending the launch of the JK6 Data Centre owned by PT DCI Indonesia Tbk (DCII) at the MM2100 Industrial Estate DCI H1 Campus in Cibitung, Bekasi, West Java.
Kadin Chairman Anindya Bakrie said in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday that the development of data centres such as JK6 represents a tangible manifestation of Indonesia's digital downstreaming. He also stressed the importance of national digital sovereignty through data centres to drive downstreaming.
"I see this as truly an effort by the nation's own people, 100 per cent locally owned, yet in terms of quality it is on par with global players. Data infrastructure is the data centre," he said.
Responding to the role of data in trade and industrial cooperation, he noted two principles that Kadin always upholds: strategic and intelligent. "Strategic means that whatever we pursue must be oriented towards strategic industry or trade. But it must also be intelligent — not just human intelligence, but also machine intelligence, such as AI. The centre of all this is the data centre," he said.
He also emphasised the importance of maintaining data security, particularly for data originating from other countries and stored in Indonesia. "If possible, more and more foreign data should be stored in Indonesia. But of course security must be guaranteed, as data carries a high degree of confidentiality," he said.
Meanwhile, Minister of Communications and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid stated that JK6 is one of the largest data centres in Indonesia, with a capacity of 36 megawatts officially registered with the Ministry of Infrastructure.
"This data centre is not merely a physical building. Behind it lies a collective national spirit. We appreciate the JK6 construction process, which involved more than three million working hours and nearly 8,000 Indonesian workers," said Meutya.
Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) stressed the importance of his ministry's new nomenclature, which now explicitly encompasses communications and digital affairs. "This marks a new chapter, a milestone we must stand on together so we can leap far ahead. Infrastructure must now be orchestrated holistically, encompassing both physical and human development," said AHY.
DCII President Commissioner Otto Toto Sugiri noted that of Indonesia's 280 million population, 220 million are already connected to the internet, making data centres crucial infrastructure for the digital economy.
"From financial transactions, public services, daily communications, to vital corporate systems — everything now relies on data centres. The national data centre market has the potential to grow rapidly from its current capacity, which has only reached 300 megawatts," said Otto.
One effort to bolster the data centre industry involved attending the launch of the JK6 Data Centre owned by PT DCI Indonesia Tbk (DCII) at the MM2100 Industrial Estate DCI H1 Campus in Cibitung, Bekasi, West Java.
Kadin Chairman Anindya Bakrie said in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday that the development of data centres such as JK6 represents a tangible manifestation of Indonesia's digital downstreaming. He also stressed the importance of national digital sovereignty through data centres to drive downstreaming.
"I see this as truly an effort by the nation's own people, 100 per cent locally owned, yet in terms of quality it is on par with global players. Data infrastructure is the data centre," he said.
Responding to the role of data in trade and industrial cooperation, he noted two principles that Kadin always upholds: strategic and intelligent. "Strategic means that whatever we pursue must be oriented towards strategic industry or trade. But it must also be intelligent — not just human intelligence, but also machine intelligence, such as AI. The centre of all this is the data centre," he said.
He also emphasised the importance of maintaining data security, particularly for data originating from other countries and stored in Indonesia. "If possible, more and more foreign data should be stored in Indonesia. But of course security must be guaranteed, as data carries a high degree of confidentiality," he said.
Meanwhile, Minister of Communications and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid stated that JK6 is one of the largest data centres in Indonesia, with a capacity of 36 megawatts officially registered with the Ministry of Infrastructure.
"This data centre is not merely a physical building. Behind it lies a collective national spirit. We appreciate the JK6 construction process, which involved more than three million working hours and nearly 8,000 Indonesian workers," said Meutya.
Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (AHY) stressed the importance of his ministry's new nomenclature, which now explicitly encompasses communications and digital affairs. "This marks a new chapter, a milestone we must stand on together so we can leap far ahead. Infrastructure must now be orchestrated holistically, encompassing both physical and human development," said AHY.
DCII President Commissioner Otto Toto Sugiri noted that of Indonesia's 280 million population, 220 million are already connected to the internet, making data centres crucial infrastructure for the digital economy.
"From financial transactions, public services, daily communications, to vital corporate systems — everything now relies on data centres. The national data centre market has the potential to grow rapidly from its current capacity, which has only reached 300 megawatts," said Otto.