Indonesia's Indosat And BDx Reaches Data Center Acquisition Agreement

Indosat's agreement ceremony with BDx Indonesia (photo: Indosat)

JAKARTA - Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH) announced that BDx Indonesia has reached an agreement to acquire a data center owned by Indosat.

Meanwhile, BDx Indonesia, which is a joint venture company Indosat, Data Centers (BDx), and Lintaarta, has agreed to acquire carrier-neutral colocation and edge sites in major cities such as Jakarta, Surabaya, Batam, Medan, Makassar, Bandung, and Semarang.

This acquisition also includes ten strategic locations connected to six domestic submarine cables and five international sea cables.

In realizing this acquisition, BDx Indonesia received loan facilities from three banks in Indonesia, namely BCA, Bank Permata, and Bank Bukopin amounting to IDR 2.625 trillion.

"This transaction affirms our dedication to building a sustainable business and encouraging the evolution of Indosat from Telco to TechCo," saidtengan Sinha, President Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison.

Through this transaction, BDx Indonesia has an IT capacity with a total of more than 150MW+ in Indonesia through ten collocation facilities, including new facilities being built in the area around Jakarta of 15MW.

This acquisition is proof of BDx Indonesia's commitment to Indonesia's digital future. Not only that, this collaboration is a tangible form of BDx's technical and operational capabilities that provide confidence in our partners to transfer their data center portfolio and edge sites to us," explained Mayank Srivastava, Chief Executive Officer of BDx.

With the data center as a driver of digital economic growth, this facility is expected to be ready to operate in the fourth quarter of 2024.