More Than 220 Prospective Investors Interested In Investment In IKN, Here Are The Sectors

Deputy for Climate Development for Investment BKPM Yuliot. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Investment/BKPM revealed a number of sectors that are most interested in potential investors in the State Capital (IKN) of the Archipelago, where infrastructure and trade and services occupy the top two positions.

Deputy for Climate Development for Investment, BKPM Yuliot, said that the latest potential investor who has expressed interest in the form of letter of interest (LoI) is an investor from Japan.

"The investment interest submitted (LoI) in IKN is around 220, there was an addition of about 24 from Japan. Of course, this is based on the data we have from investment details," Yuliot said at the Government Regulation Socialization event Number 12 of 2023 in the Kuningan area, South Jakarta, Tuesday, May 23.

He detailed that there are 13 sectors that are in demand by potential investors, of which there are 35 companies in infrastructure and 32 companies in trade and services.

In third place is the provision of new and renewable energy (EBT) as well as telecommunications and information that are both looked at by 23 companies.

There is also the housing sector that attracts 17 potential investors, 16 company education, 16 potential investors consultant services, and 12 shopping centers.

Then, the waste management of 11 business actors, health facilities are in demand by seven investors, office buildings, connectivity and transportation, as well as industrial areas where four investors are in demand, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Archipelago Capital Authority (OIKN) Bambang Susantono said, of the 220 LoI there are around 36 potential investors who have entered the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) stage.

Bambang said that many investors came directly to IKN Nusantara to check the seriousness of the development of the new capital city of Indonesia.

He hopes that in the future there will be more potential investors who are interested in the development of IKN Nusantara. This is because the construction will continue until 2045.

"One thing I want to say, don't just reduce it until 2024, because we are building the capital city until 2045. This is a futuristic city of the future," he concluded.