Indonesia, positioned as one of the globe´s major emerging markets, is making decisive progress toward its ´Golden 2045 Vision´—a national drive leveraging digital technologies to unite government, industry, academia, and startups. A centerpiece of this vision is the development of robust artificial intelligence infrastructure, viewed as essential for unlocking new levels of productivity, efficiency, and innovation across multiple sectors.
To this end, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), in collaboration with NVIDIA and Cisco, has partnered on the Indonesia Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence (CoE). Spearheaded by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), the CoE is intended to broaden secure technological frameworks, empower local workforce development, and catalyze a fertile innovation ecosystem. At the recent Indonesia Artificial Intelligence Day conference, leaders from IOH, Cisco, and NVIDIA emphasized the CoE’s pivotal role in making Indonesians not just consumers, but creators and innovators in artificial intelligence. The initiative includes a new NVIDIA Artificial Intelligence Technology Center, equipped to provide research support, specialized training, and startup acceleration through programs like NVIDIA Inception and the Deep Learning Institute.
The CoE will feature an advanced ´Artificial Intelligence factory´ built atop NVIDIA’s latest GPU and software stacks, paired with Cisco’s security solutions. The Sovereign Security Operations Center Cloud Platform furnishes artificial intelligence-driven threat detection, localized data controls, and managed security for the entire ecosystem. Four strategic pillars will guide the CoE´s activities: establishing secure and scalable infrastructure, safeguarding national digital assets, democratizing artificial intelligence access for hundreds of millions by 2027, and developing world-class talent—aiming to equip one million Indonesians with digital skills in the next few years. At present, 28 software vendors and startups are leveraging the NVIDIA-backed infrastructure to reshape fields such as education, healthcare, food security, smart cities, and government administration.
Indosat’s national coverage enables delivery of large language model-powered services to Indonesians in their language, most notably through the Sahabat-AI suite. Early examples include collaborations with the government and Hippocratic Artificial Intelligence to create digital health outreach agents, as well as chatbots that answer questions on citizen services like identification cards and tax matters. A government-led forum, meanwhile, is working to craft artificial intelligence policies in line with Indonesian values and priorities. Looking ahead, Indosat and NVIDIA plan to expand access further through Artificial Intelligence-powered radio access network technologies. Collectively, these initiatives signal Indonesia’s intention to build a secure, sustainable artificial intelligence ecosystem as it marches toward digital sovereignty.
