LandedCloud & Computing InfrastructureData Centre / Computing Facility2018SE-042

Alibaba Cloud · Indonesia

Global South·Southeast Asia·Group: Alibaba

Source: Alibaba Cloud launches its first data center in Indonesia (2018)High

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What happened

In March 2018, Alibaba Cloud's Jakarta data centre began operations, making it the first international public cloud service provider to operate locally in Indonesia; it subsequently added a second and third data centre in 2019 and 2021 respectively, providing local enterprises — particularly micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and startups — with cloud and AI services including elastic computing, databases, machine learning and data analytics.

Localisation & innovation

Local data centres meet data-residency requirements; low-cost, inclusive cloud migration aimed at Indonesian SMEs and startups.

Structured fields

Host country: Indonesia
Region: Southeast Asia
AI segment: Cloud & Computing Infrastructure
Entry mode: Data Centre / Computing Facility
Entry year: 2018
Deployment status: Landed
Capital direction: China->host (outbound deployment)
Company group: Alibaba

Local partner

No primary local partner disclosed in this record.

Scale

Three data centres in Indonesia (2018/2019/2021, company-disclosed)

Basis: company-disclosed

Sources & notes

Source: Alibaba Cloud launches its first data center in Indonesia (2018)High

Record note: In 2025 Alibaba Cloud separately announced the establishment of a regional service centre in Indonesia (disclosed at the Apsara Conference).

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