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Jurisdiction Index / Indonesia

Indonesia

Tier 3 · Contested
Stable
Rank #24 of 30
Data confidence B
53.6 /100

JCI composite · as of · methodology v0

Indonesia scores 53.6/100 on the Compute Institute Jurisdiction Competitiveness Index (Tier 3, Contested), ranking #24 of 30 rated jurisdictions with a stable outlook, as of June 15, 2026 under methodology v0. Its strongest dimension is Capital & Ecosystem Depth at 7/10; its weakest is Power Availability & Deliverability at 3.9/10. 15 of 22 sub-factors are scored on E1–E2 evidence (data confidence B). The stable outlook is driven by 7 forward-looking signals (+0.42 net points, E3–E4 evidence): time-to-power (E3), cost certainty / contractability (E3), observed construction velocity (E3), labor & supply capacity (E4), AI-specific law in force (E3), committed capital (E3) and ecosystem (E3).

Dimension breakdown

Seven dimensions, each 0–10, weighted per methodology v0. JCI = Σ(dimension × weight) × 10.

Power Availability & Deliverability

3.9 /10 weight 20%

Power Cost

6.4 /10 weight 12.5%

Speed to Build

5 /10 weight 17.5%

Regulatory & AI Policy Environment

5.5 /10 weight 12.5%

Fiscal & Incentives

6.1 /10 weight 10%

Capital & Ecosystem Depth

7 /10 weight 12.5%

Stability & Execution Risk

4.9 /10 weight 15%

Outlook drivers — Stable (+0.42 net points)

Forward-looking E3–E4 signals. They move the outlook only — never the base score.

  • Time-to-power
    E3
    -0.35 pts as of
    “No published DC fast-track energization equivalent to Malaysia's Green Lane; PLN connection for large loads typically runs ~2-4 years, and a 2 May 2025 island-wide Java-Bali blackout hit 1.8M customers while an Oct 2025 multi-day Aceh blackout exposed reliability gaps — time-to-power for major DC loads sits in the ~2-4yr band against the <18mo (=10) / 3-4yr (=5) anchors.”

    Source: Data Storage Asia, 'Driving Power Resilience in Indonesia's Renewable Era' (2025); Bali/Aceh 2025 blackouts (datastorageasia.com)

  • Cost certainty / contractability
    E3
    -0.19 pts as of
    “PLN is a near-monopoly off-taker and buyer; bilateral corporate PPAs and third-party grid access remain limited (captive power historically restricted, partly opening under recent reform), so DCs largely take regulated PLN tariffs reset quarterly rather than locking long-term fixed-price 24/7 supply.”

    Source: Norton Rose Fulbright, Renewable energy snapshot: Indonesia (PLN single-buyer / limited PPA) (www.nortonrosefulbright.com)

  • Observed construction velocity
    E3
    +0.31 pts as of
    “Disclosed delivery is real but mid-pace (graded thin/honestly): Indonesia's DC stock reached ~0.97-1.07 GW in 2025 with Jakarta's pipeline up 30% to ~709 MW, the National Data Center in Cikarang commissioned Mar 2025, and the DayOne-INA 72 MW Batam Nongsa campus targeted for end-2025 — steady additions rather than the GW-scale single-campus velocity seen in Johor/US.”

    Source: Real Estate Asia, 'Jakarta's data centre pipeline grows 30% to 709MW'; Mordor/Arizton ID DC market (2025) (realestateasia.com)

  • Labor & supply capacity
    E4
    +0.00 pts as of
    “Indonesia offers abundant general construction labor, but specialized DC/hyperscale EPC depth is thin versus Singapore/Malaysia and nearly all critical electrical and mechanical equipment (switchgear, chillers, generators) is imported, constraining schedule certainty on large AI campuses.”

    Source: Data Center Frontier, 'Thailand and Indonesia Look to Become Data Center Hubs for APAC' (2025) (www.datacenterfrontier.com)

  • AI-specific law in force
    E3
    +0.22 pts as of
    “Indonesia has no binding AI statute — governance rests on non-binding instruments (the 2023 Kominfo Circular Letter No. 9/2023 AI ethics guidance and the Golden Indonesia 2045 / AI Center of Excellence agenda) — a permissive-but-uncertain posture that leaves AI workloads largely unregulated yet legally undefined.”

    Source: CoinGeek, 'Indonesia unveils AI Center of Excellence' (2024); Kominfo AI ethics circular (coingeek.com)

  • Committed capital
    E3
    +0.25 pts as of
    “Headline commitments are large but mostly multi-year pledges/announcements (grade E4-honest): Microsoft's $1.7B 4-year cloud/AI commitment (30 Apr 2024) is the firm's largest in-country and is being deployed (Indonesia Central region live), Indosat-Nvidia announced a $200M AI center, and BP Batam reported oversight of a $5B AI DC — signed/financed dollars (e.g. Microsoft region build-out, DayOne-INA 72 MW) are a fraction of the announced totals.”

    Source: Microsoft Stories Asia / DCD, 'Microsoft to invest $1.7bn in Indonesia' (30 Apr 2024); Indosat-Nvidia $200M (www.datacenterdynamics.com)

  • Ecosystem
    E3
    +0.19 pts as of
    “Emerging but real ecosystem: ~0.97-1.07 GW DC stock in 2025 with Jakarta holding 56.7% share; AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft have all activated Indonesia cloud regions, Oracle launched its Batam region (Jul 2025), and Batam draws Singapore overflow via subsea fiber — though scale trails Singapore/Johor and US BIS chip-export/diffusion rules create GPU-import uncertainty.”

    Source: Arizton / Mordor Intelligence Indonesia Data Center Market 2025 (Jakarta 56.7% share); AWS/Google/MSFT regions (www.mordorintelligence.com)

Sub-factor scores and sources

Every base-scored input below carries E1–E2 evidence: a justification, an evidence-level grade, and a link to the underlying source document.

Power Availability & Deliverability — 3.9/10 (weight 20%)

Sub-factor
Score
Justification
Evidence
Source
Grid headroom 40% of dimension 4 /10 PLN's system-wide reserve margin fell from ~40% in 2023 to ~18% at peak demand in 2024 per PLN's annual report (a little over half PLN's own minimum target); the Java-Bali main grid still held >40% reserve in 2023 but headroom is being absorbed fast by DC demand, the 2025-2034 RU... as of
E2
Mongabay on PLN annual-report reserve margin (~18% national 2024, Java-Bali >40% in 2023); RUPTL 2025-2034 (Ashurst) for ~33.5 GW Jamali news.mongabay.com
Time-to-power 35% of dimension Excluded — no E1–E2 evidence available; weaker evidence cannot enter a base score.
Energy mix & expandability 15% of dimension 3.5 /10 Indonesia's grid is coal-dominant (~60%+ coal generation); the $20B JETP targets only 34% renewables by 2030 and is stalling — disbursement has badly lagged the headline (the JETP's ~$1.17B for retiring two plants is planned cost, not money out the door) and the Cirebon-1 early-r... as of
E2
Ember response to Indonesia JETP Progress Report 2025; Indonesia JETP ($20B, 34% RE by 2030) ember-energy.org
Water availability 10% of dimension 4 /10 WRI Aqueduct ranks Indonesia 55th for baseline water stress nationally (moderate), but the Jakarta/West Java anchor zone is acute: parts of Jakarta sink up to ~26 cm/yr from groundwater overextraction, ~40% of the city is below sea level, and piped water covers only ~40% of the c... as of
E2
Space4Water / WRI on Jakarta subsidence & water stress (Indonesia 55th baseline water stress, WRI Aqueduct) www.space4water.org

Power Cost — 6.4/10 (weight 12.5%)

Sub-factor
Score
Justification
Evidence
Source
Industrial electricity price 60% of dimension 7 /10 PLN's large-industry I-4 tariff (>30,000 kVA) is Rp 996.74/kWh (Q2 2026, uniform all-hours); at the 2025 average FX of ~16,700 IDR/USD that is ~$60/MWh and at the Jun-2026 JISDOR of 17,921 IDR/USD ~$56/MWh — well inside the <$45 (=10) / $140 (=0) anchor band and among the cheapes... as of
E2
PLN I-3/I-4 tariff schedule, sunenergy.id (Q2 2026: I-4 = Rp 996.74/kWh) sunenergy.id
Price trajectory & exposure 25% of dimension 5 /10 Non-subsidized tariffs adjust quarterly (Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct) against ICP oil price, coal reference price (HBA), inflation and the IDR/USD rate; coal-heavy generation keeps headline costs low today but exposes DCs to fuel-subsidy rationalization and a weakening rupiah (16,700 in 2025... as of
E2
PLN I-3/I-4 tariff schedule, sunenergy.id (Q2 2026: I-4 = Rp 996.74/kWh) sunenergy.id
Cost certainty / contractability 15% of dimension Excluded — no E1–E2 evidence available; weaker evidence cannot enter a base score.

Speed to Build — 5/10 (weight 17.5%)

Sub-factor
Score
Justification
Evidence
Source
Permitting regime 40% of dimension 5 /10 GR No. 28/2025 (effective 5 Jun 2025) overhauls risk-based licensing through a single mandatory OSS platform covering KKPR spatial suitability, environmental approval, building permit (PBG) and SLF, building on the 2020 Omnibus Law — streamlined on paper, but local-government KKP... as of
E2
SSEK Law Firm, 'Indonesia Overhauls Risk-Based Business Licensing with GR No. 28 of 2025' ssek.com
Observed construction velocity 35% of dimension Excluded — no E1–E2 evidence available; weaker evidence cannot enter a base score.
Labor & supply capacity 25% of dimension Excluded — no E1–E2 evidence available; weaker evidence cannot enter a base score.

Regulatory & AI Policy Environment — 5.5/10 (weight 12.5%)

Sub-factor
Score
Justification
Evidence
Source
AI-specific law in force 35% of dimension Excluded — no E1–E2 evidence available; weaker evidence cannot enter a base score.
DC-specific regulation 35% of dimension 5.5 /10 Government Regulation PP 71/2019 (in force 10 Oct 2019, amending PP 82/2012) is a substantive DC-relevant regime: public-scope electronic system operators must store and process data within Indonesia and strategic/government/national-security data must remain onshore, while priva... as of
E1
ITIF, 'Indonesia's Data Localization Regulation' (9 Jun 2025); PP 71/2019 itif.org
Regulatory predictability 30% of dimension 5.5 /10 World Bank WGI Regulatory Quality for Indonesia was 60.85 percentile rank (2023) — upper-middle globally — but Moody's revised the Baa2 outlook to negative on 5 Feb 2026 citing 'reduced policy predictability and weaker governance' under the Prabowo administration, tempering the f... as of
E1
World Bank WGI Regulatory Quality (Indonesia 60.85 pctile, 2023), TradingEconomics tradingeconomics.com

Fiscal & Incentives — 6.1/10 (weight 10%)

Sub-factor
Score
Justification
Evidence
Source
Enacted incentives 40% of dimension 7 /10 Enacted incentives are strong: under the KEK/SEZ tax-holiday regime, investment plans of ≥IDR 500B qualify for a 100% CIT holiday for 5-20 years (longer for strategic projects), while investments of IDR 100B-500B get a 50% CIT reduction for five years; GR 47/2025 expanded the Bat... as of
E2
PwC Indonesia Corporate Taxes / 3E Accounting (CIT 22%, 2026) taxsummaries.pwc.com
Headline tax burden 40% of dimension 5.5 /10 Indonesia's standard corporate income tax rate is 22% (stable through 2026), moderate globally; large MNE hyperscalers face OECD Pillar Two 15% global-minimum-tax exposure that caps the net value of headline tax holidays. as of
E2
PwC Indonesia Corporate Taxes / 3E Accounting (CIT 22%, 2026) taxsummaries.pwc.com
Incentive durability 20% of dimension 5.5 /10 The KEK CIT-holiday window is long (10-25 years, statute-based under MoF regulation), giving structural durability, but durability is tempered by Pillar Two top-up tax eroding net benefit for the largest hyperscalers and by frequent regulatory churn (GR 28/2025, GR 47/2025) refle... as of
E2
ideatax, 'Tax Holidays in Indonesia's Special Economic Zones'; MoF Reg 33/PMK.010/2021 ideatax.id

Capital & Ecosystem Depth — 7/10 (weight 12.5%)

Sub-factor
Score
Justification
Evidence
Source
Committed capital 40% of dimension Excluded — no E1–E2 evidence available; weaker evidence cannot enter a base score.
Ecosystem 30% of dimension Excluded — no E1–E2 evidence available; weaker evidence cannot enter a base score.
Sovereign/anchor capital availability 30% of dimension 7 /10 Indonesia has two sovereign vehicles: Danantara (launched Feb 2025, mandate over ~$900B in SOE assets, ~$61B initial capital, drawing ~$20B co-investments) and the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA, est. 2021, ~$10.5B AUM) which is directly co-developing the 72 MW DayOne Batam... as of
E2
Aseanbriefing, 'Indonesia Officially Launches Danantara'; Wikipedia Indonesia Investment Authority (INA $10.5B) www.aseanbriefing.com

Stability & Execution Risk — 4.9/10 (weight 15%)

Sub-factor
Score
Justification
Evidence
Source
Political/policy continuity 40% of dimension 5.5 /10 Indonesia retains investment-grade ratings (S&P BBB stable, 29 Jul 2025; Fitch BBB stable, 12 Mar 2025) reflecting macro stability, but Moody's revised its Baa2 outlook from stable to negative on 5 Feb 2026 citing reduced policy predictability and weaker governance under the new... as of
E1
Bank Indonesia / OJK: S&P BBB (29 Jul 2025), Fitch BBB (12 Mar 2025), Moody's Baa2 outlook to negative (5 Feb 2026) www.ojk.go.id
Currency, transfer & convertibility 35% of dimension 4.5 /10 The rupiah is a managed float with Bank Indonesia capital-flow and FX intervention measures; it depreciated from a ~16,700 IDR/USD 2025 average to a 17,921 JISDOR on 12 Jun 2026 (record-weak territory), and the BBB/Baa2 sovereign sits below hard-currency advanced peers — meaningf... as of
E2
Bank Indonesia JISDOR (17,921 IDR/USD, 12 Jun 2026); CEIC FX series www.ceicdata.com
Physical & geopolitical risk 25% of dimension 4.5 /10 Conflict risk is low, but physical risk is a genuine constraint: the Jakarta/West Java anchor sits in a high seismic-hazard zone on the Ring of Fire (Australian-Eurasian subduction) with active volcanism (Merapi) and severe Jakarta subsidence, whereas Batam — the Singapore-overfl... as of
E2
Taylor & Francis, 'Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for greater Jakarta'; Indonesia-Investments natural disasters www.tandfonline.com

Signals

Recent ingested source documents linked to this jurisdiction via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.

  1. · Reuters · relevance 0.70

  2. www.tandfonline.com · relevance 0.00

  3. www.ceicdata.com · relevance 0.00

  4. www.ojk.go.id · relevance 0.00

  5. www.mordorintelligence.com · relevance 0.40

  6. www.aseanbriefing.com · relevance 0.20

  7. www.datacenterdynamics.com · relevance 0.75

  8. ideatax.id · relevance 0.20

  9. itif.org · relevance 0.60

  10. taxsummaries.pwc.com · relevance 0.00

Scores are reproducible from the frozen inputs snapshot recorded at computation time (2026-06-15T23:52:38+00:00). See the full methodology for rubrics, weights, and the evidence ladder.