Indosat targets $170m in AI cloud revenue in 3 years

It seeks to expand AI data-centre capacity to 1GW by 2030.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison expects its AI cloud business to generate about $170m in contracted revenue over the next three years as demand for sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure rises across Southeast Asia.

"Over the next three years, we expect this business to contribute approximately $170m in contracted revenues as demand for AI infrastructure and services continues to grow across the region," Reski Damayanti, director and chief legal and regulatory officer at Indosat, told Asian Telecom.

The projection follows rapid growth in the company's Neo Cloud sovereign cloud business, which generated $16m in revenue in the first quarter alone after posting $35m in 2025.

Indosat is also accelerating data-centre expansion, targeting 100 megawatts (MW) of AI capacity by end-2026 from 10MW in 2024, with a longer-term goal of reaching 1 gigawatt by 2030.

Damayanti said the company's near-term focus includes AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and 5G deployment as Indonesia pushes to strengthen domestic AI capabilities.

AI deployment at Indosat spans network operations, customer services, and sovereign AI infrastructure. The company uses AI to automate network management, improve energy efficiency, and strengthen service quality across its telecommunication infrastructure.

"We aim to play a central role in helping build the nation's sovereign AI ecosystem," Damayanti said in an emailed reply to questions.

Indosat has also rolled out AI-driven customer engagement tools and anti-spam systems for its more than 100 million users.

Damayanti said the anti-scam platform, introduced in 2025, has detected and blocked millions of suspicious scam and spam attempts targeting Indonesian consumers.

On infrastructure, Indosat is partnering with companies including NVIDIA Corp. to build AI cloud and computing capacity in Indonesia.

The company is also developing Sahabat-AI, an open-source Indonesian large language model, alongside the Indonesia AI Center of Excellence.

Damayanti said scams and digital fraud have become too large for telecommunication operators to tackle independently. "It takes a network to beat a network," she added.

Indosat leads the Indonesia chapter of the Global Anti-Scam Alliance and works with Indonesian regulators, Bank Indonesia, and law enforcement agencies on fraud prevention.

Several regulatory changes are also expected to shape the sector, including Indonesia's Personal Data Protection Law and draft presidential regulations covering AI ethics and a national AI roadmap.

Damayanti said clearer AI rules would help companies expand whilst improving governance and consumer protection.
She added that legal and regulatory functions inside telecommunication companies are expanding beyond compliance into data governance, cybersecurity, and AI risk management.