TelkomGroup Partners with F5 to Deliver AI-Secure Connectivity Solution

Jakarta – PT Telkom Data Ekosistem (NeutraDC), an operating company of PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), to explore strategic collaboration in developing AI Connectivity solutions in Indonesia.

The MoU signing took place during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 agenda in Barcelona on Tuesday, 3 March. MWC is a global technology and telecommunications event that brings together digital industry stakeholders to identify trends, innovations, and collaboration opportunities.

This momentum provides a strategic opportunity for TelkomGroup to expand international partnerships whilst strengthening the company’s capabilities and positioning within the global digital ecosystem.

During the MWC agenda, Seno Soemadji, Director of Strategic Business Development & Portfolio at Telkom, conducted several strategic meetings with various global technology partners to strengthen TelkomGroup’s partnership ecosystem in developing AI-driven digital infrastructure. These discussions encompassed collaboration on hyperscale data centre development, connectivity solutions reinforcement, and exploration of new business models based on managed services and digital platforms.

TelkomGroup leveraged this momentum to drive collaboration focused not only on infrastructure development but also on integrating high-value digital services. One initiative being pursued is developing Indonesia’s digital ecosystem through integration of data centres, connectivity, cloud environments, and AI-based application security capabilities.

The MoU between NeutraDC and F5 was signed by NeutraDC Chief Executive Officer Andreuw Th.A.F. and F5 Chief Revenue Officer Chad Whalen, witnessed by Seno Soemadji, Director of Strategic Business Development & Portfolio at Telkom. This collaboration represents a strategic step for both parties to integrate NeutraDC’s data centre and managed services capabilities with F5’s AI security and application delivery solutions to deliver safe, scalable, and future-ready AI-based connectivity services.

As Indonesia’s leading data centre services provider with an integrated ecosystem, NeutraDC offers colocation, compute, and connectivity services. Through this collaboration, NeutraDC strengthens its service ecosystem by providing application security support and multi-cloud environment management for customers.

NeutraDC Chief Executive Officer Andreuw Th.A.F stated that the collaboration forms part of NeutraDC’s strategy to strengthen its positioning as an AI-ready digital infrastructure provider.

“Collaboration with F5 represents a strategic step for NeutraDC to strengthen AI Connectivity capabilities on top of our data centre infrastructure. By integrating F5’s AI security and application delivery solutions into NeutraDC’s managed services, we can deliver services that are not only reliable from an infrastructure perspective, but also secure, adaptive, and capable of supporting customers’ AI workload and mission-critical application requirements,” Andreuw said.

He continued that the synergy will enrich NeutraDC’s service portfolio, particularly in supporting enterprise customers adopting hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

“We see customer needs for application security, traffic visibility, and performance optimisation increasing as AI and cloud adoption accelerates. Through this collaboration, NeutraDC is ready to be a strategic partner in customers’ end-to-end digital transformation journey,” he explained.

For its part, F5 Chief Revenue Officer Chad Whalen noted that Indonesia represents a strategic market with significant digital economic growth. F5 is committed to delivering application security and delivery solutions capable of protecting modern applications in multi-cloud and AI-driven environments.

“Through collaboration with NeutraDC, we can integrate F5 technology more closely with local data centre infrastructure so that customers in Indonesia obtain integrated, secure, and optimally performing AI Connectivity solutions,” he said.

Meanwhile, Seno Soemadji, Director of Strategic Business Development & Portfolio at Telkom, affirmed that the collaboration forms part of TelkomGroup’s efforts to build a globally competitive national digital ecosystem.

“The NeutraDC and F5 collaboration reflects TelkomGroup’s commitment to delivering AI-ready and secure-by-design digital infrastructure and platforms. The AI-Secure Connectivity we offer is not merely a connectivity solution, but comprehensive integration between networks, data centres, cloud, and application security. By strengthening these capabilities, we are optimistic we can support the acceleration of national digital transformation whilst creating new business model opportunities in the AI-driven economy era,” Soemadji explained.

This initiative also aligns with the Indonesian Government’s strategic agenda to accelerate national digital transformation, strengthen data sovereignty and security, and build a resilient digital infrastructure foundation to support digital economic growth and artificial intelligence technology adoption across various industrial sectors.

In the future, further discussions will be conducted to develop a structured implementation plan, including technical, operational, commercial, and governance aspects. Implementation will proceed whilst upholding Good Corporate Governance (GCG) principles and compliance with applicable Indonesian regulations.

Through this collaboration, NeutraDC and F5 aim to deliver a robust AI Connectivity foundation for Indonesia’s industry stakeholders whilst strengthening national competitiveness in the digital transformation era.