NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) has announced it would develop a new data center campus at Bekasi, Indonesia. The new campus will be known as “Indonesia Jakarta 3 Data Center” (JKT3) and is capable of up to 18,000 sqm (7,800 racks) IT space and 45MW IT load once fully developed. This is the first project of NTT Global Data Centers (GDC), established to strengthen data center business.

In Indonesia, demand has been booming, triggered by the use of Data centers by financial institutions based on the Indonesian government order (*1). In addition, there is a strong demand from OTTs (*2) which targeting the largest population in Southeast Asia (the fourth largest in the world). Thanks to these market trends, the annual growth rate of the data center market is above 21%.