23 December 2022

Singtel has partnered with Telkom and Indonesian energy company Medco Power for its first data centre project in Indonesia.

This is the third market for Singtel as it advances its regional data centre strategy to address digital infrastructure demand critical to ASEAN’s growth.
Singtel, Telkom and Medco Power held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new hyperscale data centre in Kabil Industrial Estate along Batam’s eastern seaboard. The data centre campus will be developed in three phases on an 8-hectare site and have a total capacity of 51MW when fully completed, with the project’s initial phase delivering approximately 20MW.

It will be built to the latest standards for reliability, security, and sustainability with dual-source power, including clean, renewable energy from Medco Power and the best connectivity through Telkom and Singtel to serve hyperscalers, multinationals and local businesses in Indonesia and Singapore. The data centre will be majority owned by Telkom, while Singtel and Medco Power will be minority shareholders.

“This strategic partnership with Telkom and Medco Power in Batam marks our first foray into the data centre market in Indonesia. As Southeast Asia’s largest digital economy, Indonesia is core to our expansion plans into high growth markets. Our track record in designing, building, and operating data centres, combined with Telkom and Medco Power’s deep expertise in their respective fields will prove a powerful partnership,” said Andrew Lim, chief commercial officer of Singtel’s Regional Data Centre business. “With its location, ample land capacity and rich connectivity to Singapore, Indonesia and other parts of the world, Batam is expected to experience increasing investment spill-overs as a result of land and power constraints in neighbouring markets. Jointly developing a best-in-class hyperscale data centre in Batam will provide regional customers with a strong alternative. In fact, our hyperscale customers are looking to grow their cloud computing infrastructure to serve the APAC region while being located near Singapore. This maiden project will also showcase our differentiated one-stop offering to local and international businesses looking for support to grow their presence in Indonesia.”