A joint venture between Indonesian and Korean companies is set to build a $300 million data center in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.

LG CNS, a South Korean data center services provider, and PT SMPlus Digital Investment (SM+), a digital infrastructure platform backed by Indonesian conglomerate Sinar Mas, are behind the JV, which has revealed plans to build a data center in Jakarta’s central business district.

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Officials from LG CNS and Sinar Mas announce the launch of the data center – Sinar Mas

Expected to be up and running by 2026, and complete by 2027, it will be designed and operated by the JV, LG Sinar Mas (LG SM). The facility will feature liquid cooling to enable it to host artificial intelligence servers and other high-density hardware.

Projected IT capacity of the data center has not been shared, but a previous report about the scheme in Korea Economic Daily suggested it would offer an initial 18MW. This report also said Korea Investment Holdings would be part of the project, though there is no mention of this organization in the official Sinar Mas announcement.

“The project is expected to be completed in 2027,” said LG SM CEO Han Donghyup. “The targets of this project are large companies, especially in the banking sector, and Sinar Mas companies and Korean companies.”

Details of LG SM were first revealed in March, and the partnership between the companies is now starting to bear fruit.

Sinar Mas, which owns businesses in a wide range of markets, has previously partnered with K2 Data Centres to develop facilities in Jakarta.