Telkom HDC, The Largest International Data Center Coming Soon In Indonesia

Topping off Telkom HDC. (Photo: Doc. Telkom)

JAKARTA - The construction of a large-scale global standard data center owned by PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, namely the HyperScale Data Center is almost entering the final stages for campus 1. The finalization of the construction of international standard facilities with 3 and 4 certifications will increase the capacity of data collection and processing in Indonesia. increased.

The final stage of the construction of the Telkom HDC office building structure was marked by the topping off process for the facility by Telkom President Director Ririek Adriansyah, accompanied by Telkom Network & IT Solution Director Herlan Wijanarko and Telkom Wholesale & International Service Director Bogi Witjaksono, on Wednesday 9 June then.

Also attending the event were the President Director of PT PP (Persero) Tbk, the President Director of PT Arkonin and the CEO of IBM Indonesia. The completion of the first phase of Telkom HDC construction is in accordance with the targets that have been determined from the start.

In his remarks at the closing ceremony, Telkom President Director Ririek Adriansyah said that the construction of Telkom HDC shows the spirit of TelkomGroup to continue to grow, innovate, and become a leading company in the data center and digital telco business. After operating later, Telkom HDC will become one of the largest capacity data centers in Indonesia.

"The presence of the Telkom HyperScale Data Center shows the large capacity of Telkom to become the leading digital telco company in Indonesia and the world. This is also an important milestone for Telkom to become a major player in the digital platform domain, in line with the steps of transformation and Telkom's vision to become a digital telco," said Ririek in a written statement, quoted Friday, June 11th.

He said, by focusing on opportunities to find tenants, both local, regional and international players, the construction of the Telkom Hyperscale Data Center must accelerate the digital platform business as an enabler of various ICT services and solutions for global players, and corporations from various sectors such as finance & banking, government, private sector, manufacturing, content providers, and global cloud providers.

The Telkom HDC complex was built with the concept of ECO (Evolve, Connected, & Origin). This building has a woven design that symbolizes Telkom's spirit to increase effectiveness and efficiency, in order to create the best digital experience for the community.

Director of Network & IT Solution Telkom Herlan Wijanarko said, Telkom HDC has many advantages as a data center complex. First, this facility is connected to the entire network belonging to the TelkomGroup. This makes the scope of work of this data center the widest in Indonesia.

Second, Telkom HDC has international scale supporting facilities, carrier neutral, and multi services for other provider networks. This allows Telkom HDC to become the main choice for business actors in various sectors such as finance, manufacturing, and cloud computing service providers, both domestic and foreign.

The presence of the Telkom Hyperscale Data Center completes the data center facilities owned by Telkom as well as strengthens and maintains its position as the market leader in the data center business. Telkom has 26 data centers consisting of 5 international data centers, 18 neuCentrIX and 3 tier 3 and 4 data centers.

With the support of data centers spread across many locations and connected to a broadband network, Telkom is ready and able to accommodate future needs, such as the presence of 5G, edge blockchain technology and other future needs. This is certainly a competitive advantage for Telkom's data center to compete in the digital platform business.

The Telkom HyperScale Data Center is built on an area of 65 thousand square meters, with a total capacity of up to 10,000 racks, and an electrical power of around 75 MW. Because it carries the concept of a green data center, Telkom HDC will become a data center that in its operations produces minimal emissions of carbon dioxide gas. This is because Telkom will utilize a number of gas-fired power plants and solar panels to power public areas and offices.