Microsoft to invest $1.7bn in Indonesia cloud, AI infrastructure

Jokowi proposes that U.S. tech giant build facilities in Bali or planned capital

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during Microsoft Build: AI Day in Jakarta on April 30. He promised a program to teach AI skills to 2.5 million Southeast Asians by 2025. © AP

ERWIDA MAULIA and ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writers

April 30, 2024 16:41 JST

JAKARTA -- Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion in new cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia, Satya Nadella said as the chief of the U.S. tech giant began a tour of Southeast Asia on Tuesday.

Nadella said previously announced data centers under Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform "are coming to Indonesia soon," adding to Azure's over 300 data centers and more than 60 regions around the world.