Microsoft to invest $1.7 billion into AI infrastructure in Indonesia

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CEO Satya Nadella (C) arrives for a meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on April 30, 2024. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) (Photo by BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images)

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on Tuesday said it will pump $1.7 billion into Indonesia over the next four years to build new cloud and AI infrastructure. The announcement came as CEO Satya Nadella met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the same day.

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said the funds will also go toward training 840,000 Indonesians in AI skills and supporting the local community of developers.

“This new generation of AI is reshaping how people live and work everywhere, including in Indonesia,” Nadella, chairman and CEO of

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“The investments we are announcing today – spanning digital infrastructure, skilling, and support for developers – will help Indonesia thrive in this new era,” said Nadella.

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also said it will partner with governments, organizations and communities to provide AI skilling opportunities for 2.5 million people in Association of Southeast ****** Nations member states by 2025.

Nadella met with Jokowi in Jakarta on Tuesday to discuss topics including technological and AI breakthroughs that will help Indonesia progress, according to

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Indonesia wants to become a developed country as set out in its

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, which aims to make the country into a global economic powerhouse by 2045.

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’s investment will allow it to capitalize on the increasing demand for cloud computing services in Indonesia, as well as enabling the nation to capture economic and productivity opportunities arising from AI, the tech giant said.

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy in January said that

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in leveling up its workforce to compete in a technological and globalized era.

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with Generation Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – making up nearly 28% of the population, or 75.49 million people. The number of millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, reached 69.9 million people, or 25.9% of the population.

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opened its first data center region in Indonesia in 2021 to meet customer needs for data to be stored in the country.

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