Chinese tech giant Huawei Cloud has announced plans to expand its data centers in Indonesia next year, as the company seeks to bolster its artificial intelligence and cloud computing services in the country. At the Huawei Cloud Indonesia Summit 2025 on Tuesday, the company said it would roll out its fourth data center availability zone (AZ) in the Jakarta region in 2026, expanding beyond the three AZs it currently operates. Speaking at the summit, Communications and Digital Deputy Minister Nezar Patria welcomed Huawei’s infrastructure upgrade, stressing that AI and cloud services were “twin engines of modern economic growth.”
“We stand at a pivotal moment where the confluence of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is reshaping global economies, and Indonesia must not only participate, but lead in this transformation,” he said.
Citing an Asian Development Bank report published this year, Nezar noted that total regional spending on cloud computing reached approximately US$203 billion in 2024, while investment in AI totaled $73 billion.
“This investment has not only expanded, but it has also become a direct catalyst for economic growth. Our analysis shows that a 1 percent increase in AI spending yields a 0.03 percent increase in gross domestic product, while a 1 percent increase in cloud spending results in a 0.01 percent GDP increase,” he added.
Leon Fang, CEO of Huawei Cloud Indonesia, said that Indonesia had seen surging data-processing demand, as reflected by the utilization rate of the current three AZs in Jakarta, which has reached 90.99 percent. He expressed optimism that the planned data center expansion would further drive innovation in the digital transformation of individuals, enterprises and government institutions in Indonesia. Xin Dajiang, chairman of the Board of Directors of Huawei Indonesia, added that the company’s contributions had continued to grow since the launch of its data center infrastructure.
“We’ve been honored to partner with industry leaders and support hundreds of small and medium enterprises [SMEs]. Together, these efforts have created tens of thousands of jobs and nurtured a new generation of digital talent,” he said. In addition to the data center expansion, Huawei also announced two major partnerships: a full-stack AI collaboration with state-owned mobile operator Telkomsel and a joint content delivery network (CDN) service with parent company Telkom to improve local content distribution speeds and user experience.
Indonesia has welcomed multiple major global firms investing in its data center infrastructure. In May, United States-based digital infrastructure company Equinix entered the Indonesian market by launching its first data center in Jakarta, in a joint venture with PT Astra International.
Last year, global tech and communications giant Cisco also established its first security cloud data center in Jakarta, as it sought to tap into the fast-growing demand for security services across the country. The growing appetite for data center investment has been fueled by Indonesia’s accelerating digital economy and surging AI infrastructure demand, with property consultants reporting that real estate investment has shifted toward the booming data center sector. The shift is most visible in Jakarta, as a survey by Turner & Townsend shows that the city offers lower data center construction costs compared with other Asian markets such as Singapore and Tokyo.
December 3, 2025, The Jakarta Post
(https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2025/12/03/huawei-cloud-to-expand-data-centers-in-indonesia-next-year.html)