AWS Invests 35 Trillion Rupiah for "Data Center" Development in Indonesia

Throughout this year Amazon Web Service (AWS) is rumored to be realizing development data center they are in Indonesia. The latest news delivered by the Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment, and Electronics (ILMATE) of the Ministry of Industry, Harjanto, said that they had spent $2,5 billion or equivalent to Rp. 35 trillion for the construction of data centers in three locations whose locations have not been explained.

As quoted from Bisnis, Harjanto said, "Amazon has made it happen. It's worth $2,5 billion."

Director of the Electronics and Telematics Industry of the Ministry of Industry Janu Suryanto said that Amazon had met with his party. Mentioned data center it will be built in three locations in two areas with an area of ​​up to 20 hectares each.

"This is certainly very good for Indonesia's investment climate. This proves that Indonesia's condition is not bad," said Janu.

Development data center in the country is the government's attention. Service providers such as Google and Facebook too pushed to build its data center in Indonesia.

Previously, in interview DailySocial with AWS Indonesia Country Leader Gunawan Susanto, AWS has a commitment to build a data center in Indonesia and is targeted to be completed in 2021 or early 2022. Development data center domestically, it is hoped that it will dispel the doubts of many businesses who are hesitant to use the service public cloud.

"In principle, we are always in dialogue for comply all regulations in each country. So we will always help customer we are for comply regarding any regulations that apply in each country. After all, AWS will have it later data center in Indonesia, it should make it easier customer-customer, especially in industries with strict regulations," explained Gunawan.