Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (C) arrives for a meeting with Indonesian 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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Microsoft Said on Tuesday it would invest $1.7 billion in 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.
Microsoft said the funds will also be spent on training 840,000 Indonesians in AI skills and supporting the local community of developers.
“This new generation of AI is reshaping the way people live and work everywhere, including Indonesia,” Nadella, Microsoft chairman and CEO, said in a statement. statement,
“The investments we are announcing today – in digital infrastructure, skills and support for developers – will help Indonesia lead into this new era,” Nadella said.
Microsoft also said it will partner with governments, organizations and communities to provide AI skills opportunities for 2.5 million people in Association of Southeast Asian Nations member countries by 2025.
Nadella met Jokowi in Jakarta on Tuesday and discussed topics including technological and AI breakthroughs that will help Indonesia progress. Indonesian news agency Antara,
Indonesia wants to become a developed country in line with its goal Golden Indonesia 2045 VisionThe aim of which is to make the country a global economic superpower by 2045.
The tech giant said Microsoft’s investment will be able to capitalize on the growing demand for cloud computing services in Indonesia, as well as enable the country to capture the economic and productivity opportunities arising from AI.
In January, Coordinating Minister of Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendi said Indonesia is facing big challenges In leveling up its workforce to compete in the technological and globalized era.
Indonesia has a growing, young and tech-savvy population Along with Generation Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – they make up about 28% of the population, or 75.49 million people. The number of millennials born between 1981 and 1996 reached 69.9 million people, or 25.9% of the population.
Microsoft opened its first data center region in Indonesia in 2021 to meet customer needs for data stored in the country.