Facilitate Investment Potential, Government Commits To Fulfill Batam SEZ Needs

Rupiah (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The government is committed to meeting the needs of the administrator of the Special Economic Zone (KEK) Nongsa Digital Park Nongsa, Batam City, Riau Islands. This is an effort to facilitate investment potential.

Secretary of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Susiwijono Moegiarso said this was done so that SEZ Nongsa Digital Park was able to compete with neighboring countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, but also with other world countries.

"The government is very committed to continuing to encourage the fulfillment of needs to increase competitiveness. So that our competitiveness can become our own attraction for new investment here," said Susiwijono quoting Antara.

To support the smooth investment in the world's largest data center at SEZ Nongsa Digital Park, infrastructure support is needed to supply electricity and water.

Regarding the need for electricity and water, his party together with the Batam Entrepreneurship Agency (BP) and PLN Batam have discussed the issue. So that the supply to be distributed to SEZ Nongsa Digital Park can be fulfilled optimally.

He explained that the data center, which was built on an area of 28,730 square meters with an investment commitment value of IDR 4 trillion from PT GDS IDC Service from Hong Kong, is a tier 3 data center with a capacity of 40 MW which is developed in two stages, 20 MW each.

"Earlier we saw that the progress was very good, so the development is really going on. So we hope that the SEZ Nongsa Digital Park will be the driving force for all sectors in Batam," he said.

CEO of Nongsa Digital Park Mike Wiluan expressed his appreciation for the support provided by the central government and BP Batam.

To date, there are already three academies under Infinite Learning. Starting from IBM Academy, Apple Academy and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Academy.

"We are always looking for brands that are interested and encourage the digital industry, we will bring them here," said Mike.

He is optimistic that in the future Batam City will become the center of digital technology education in Indonesia. His party will also accept new students from Java, Sumatra to Bali.

"I would like to thank the team of Pak Susiwijono and BP Batam for their support for our mission. Thus, we can build digital technology education in Indonesia," he said.