According to media reports, NVIDIA recently announced its collaboration with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Indonesia’s second-largest mobile telecommunications company, to build a $200 million AI development center in Solo. This move signifies NVIDIA’s further expansion of its business footprint in Indonesia and across Southeast Asia.
Budi Arie Setiadi, the Minister of Communication and Information of Indonesia, revealed that the development center, named “Indonesia AI Nation,” will enhance local telecommunications infrastructure, human resources, and digital talent, injecting new vitality into AI and technological advancements in Indonesia and the broader Southeast Asian region.
As a leading enterprise in the Indonesian telecommunications industry, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison announced last month its plans to integrate NVIDIA’s next-generation Blackwell chip architecture into its infrastructure. This initiative aims to propel Indonesia into a new phase of AI and technological innovation leveraging NVIDIA’s powerful chip technology.
NVIDIA’s Blackwell chip architecture is renowned for its outstanding performance and efficiency, providing robust technical support for Indonesian telecommunications companies. Through Blackwell integration, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison will be able to offer its users smarter and more efficient services to meet the growing demand for data.
NVIDIA’s presence in Southeast Asia extends beyond Indonesia. In January this year, Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) also announced its collaboration with NVIDIA to deploy AI capabilities across its data centers throughout Southeast Asia. This collaboration will further drive the application and development of AI technology in the Southeast Asian region.
It is worth mentioning that Southeast Asia has become one of NVIDIA’s significant sources of revenue. According to documents submitted by NVIDIA to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last year, approximately 15% of its quarterly revenue, equivalent to $2.7 billion, came from Singapore. This figure not only reflects the strong demand for NVIDIA products in Southeast Asia but also underscores the region’s enormous potential in digital economic development.