United States tech giant Microsoft has announced a large investment in Indonesia, as the company’s chief executive officer visits Jakarta for talks with government officials.

Microsoft will “invest US$1.7 billion over the next four years in new cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia, as well as AI skilling opportunities for 840,000 people, and support for the nation’s growing developer community,” the company announced in a press release on Tuesday.

Communications and Information Minister Budi Arie Setiadi said in a press conference on the same day that Microsoft's investment was critical to Indonesia's digital development.

"This is breath of fresh air for everyone, as a country and as society, because Indonesia is being taken into account in the global digital ecosystem," he remarked following his sit-down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

According to the plans, a research development center is to be built either in Bali or in Indonesia’s new capital city currently under construction in Kalimantan, with the intention to develop AI skills in the country.

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