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EdgeConneX®, the pioneer in global Hyperlocal to Hyperscale Data Center Solutions, announces that it will further expand its presence in Asia with the acquisition of GTN Data Center in Indonesia. EdgeConneX has already founded or is developing its ninth market in Asia, as it continues to quickly expand its data centre platform in the area. Since 2016, GTN has operated a Tier 3 accredited data centre in Bekasi Cikarang, which is part of greater Jakarta. GTN was founded as a joint venture between Mitsui and PT Multipolar Technology, a local IT distributor and integrator that is part of the Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group. EdgeConneX has also purchased a block of land right adjacent to GTN, allowing for the development of a future hyperscale data centre campus capable of supporting more than 90 MWs of capacity.
Following the announcement of a joint venture, AdaniConneX, to build a pan-Indian data centre platform, as well as a strategic investment in Chayora, a leading data centre operator in China, EdgeConneX's acquisition of the GTN Data Center in Indonesia marks the company's third major country in Asia as part of its global expansion strategy. GTN's carrier neutral facility services over 50 clients in a nearly 7MW facility with stable, scalable, and diverse power sources with a 100% SLA record in a secure environment.
In a data centre market that Structure Research forecasts will reach nearly $650 million by 2026, with nearly 2/3 of it coming from hyperscaler demand, Jakarta is another market in the region witnessing rapid growth driven by cloud adoption. Providing high quality and reliable hyperscale digital infrastructure is essential to support the digital transformation of Indonesia and also help it serve as a regional gateway.
“Our legacy is being able to successfully and quickly deliver data centre infrastructure at the Edge,” said Kelvin Fong, Managing Director (APAC) at EdgeConneX. “As we continue to expand both our Edge and hyperscale data centre platform globally, the planned hyperscale data centre campus in Jakarta will give us capabilities to meet our customers’ requirements for capacity in this vital and growing market in the APAC region.”
“Entry into Indonesia gives EdgeConneX presence in three of the largest countries in the world outside the United States. This is a market with tremendous long-term upside. Indonesia has strong demographics, a rapidly rising homegrown technology sector, and is early in the adoption curve when it comes to outsourced infrastructure services like cloud and data centres,” stated Philbert Shih, Founder of Structure Research. “The acquisition of an operating business and land plot fits exactly with what EdgeConneX is doing around Hyperlocal and Hyperscale. It can cater to local enterprises and service providers while having the capacity and runway to serve hyperscale clouds. Indonesia, unlike many markets in the world, is home to all the major US and Chinese hyperscale clouds, and this will create incredible volumes of demand for hyperscale data centres.”
