DCI Secures $969M Loan for Indonesia Data Center Expansion

PT DCI Indonesia Tbk, a Jakarta-based data center operator, signed a 17 trillion rupiah (US$969 million) investment loan with PT Bank Central Asia Tbk, according to Investor ID. The funding will support data center construction and meet contracted customer demand for capacity. DCI’s shares traded at 198,250 rupiah (US$11) on May 5.

Loan Terms and Collateral

BCA will secure the facility with DCI’s land and buildings, plus current and future data center equipment and insurance claim receivables. DCI also pledged its BCA current account as temporary collateral until the other security is fully in place. In its stock exchange filing, DCI said the loan would not hurt its operations or finances.

Expansion Strategy and Capacity Growth

The 17 trillion rupiah facility will fund DCI’s capital spending to build and finish data center facilities while meeting contracted customer demand for capacity. DCI aims for total capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW), more than ten times its 155 MW capacity projected for end-2025.

The H3 campus in Bintan, Riau Islands, is planned for scalable capacity above 1,000 MW and is meant to serve Indonesia’s digital economy and regional demand, including overflow from Singapore, where data center growth faces land and power limits. The financing also supports growth beyond Greater Jakarta, including the E2 Surabaya facility and a partnership with Salim Group, one of Indonesia’s biggest conglomerates, to open what the companies called the first Tier IV data center in downtown Jakarta, in Kuningan. Tier IV is the highest certification level for data center resilience and uptime.

Regional Market Implications

This amount of local financing gives DCI room to expand at a scale that may affect smaller rivals in Indonesia’s data center market, which has more than 10 major operators. The move supports Indonesia’s push to become a regional data hub. According to Mordor Intelligence, a market research firm, Nvidia has committed US$200 million to a graphics processing unit (GPU) center with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, an Indonesian telecommunications company. The funding may also support projects linked to new subsea cables to Singapore; Mordor Intelligence states that those links can deliver round-trip latency below 20 milliseconds, enabling very fast data transfer times.

FAQ

What is the loan amount and purpose? DCI secured a 17 trillion rupiah (US$969 million) investment loan from PT Bank Central Asia Tbk to support data center construction and meet contracted customer demand for capacity.

What collateral secures the loan? BCA secured the facility with DCI’s land, buildings, current and future data center equipment, and insurance claim receivables. DCI also pledged its BCA current account as temporary collateral until the other security is fully in place.

What are DCI’s capacity expansion targets? DCI aims for total capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW), more than ten times its 155 MW capacity projected for end-2025. The H3 campus in Bintan is planned for scalable capacity above 1,000 MW.