Business trendsGoogle expands in Indonesia's cloud services battleground
Amazon, Microsoft and Alibaba also find market's 150m internet users irresistible
Google CEO Sundar Pichai right, seen at the opening of the new Alphabet's Google Berlin office in Berlin, Germany. The company now has its eyes set on Indonesia. © Reuters
ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer
JAKARTA -- Indonesia is becoming a hot spot for global technology companies keen to get into one of Asia's fastest-growing data markets, where e-commerce and food delivery services are rapidly expanding due to the coronavirus pandemic. The trend toward data localization is also drawing the tech titans to the world's fourth most populous country.