At the Huawei Cloud Indonesia Summit 2025 on Tuesday, the company said it would roll out its fourth data center availability zone (AZ) in the Jakarta region in 2026, expanding beyond the three AZs it currently operates.

Speaking at the summit, Communications and Digital Deputy Minister Nezar Patria welcomed Huawei's infrastructure upgrade, stressing that AI and cloud services were “twin engines of modern economic growth.”

“We stand at a pivotal moment where the confluence of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is reshaping global economies, and Indonesia must not only participate, but lead in this transformation,” he said.

Citing an Asian Development Bank report published this year, Nezar noted that total regional spending on cloud computing reached approximately US$203 billion in 2024, while investment in AI totaled $73 billion.

“This investment has not only expanded, but it has also become a direct catalyst for economic growth. Our analysis shows that a 1 percent increase in AI spending yields a 0.03 percent increase in gross domestic product, while a 1 percent increase in cloud spending results in a 0.01 percent GDP increase,” he added.

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