Indonesia has launched the national AI Centre of Excellence to enhance AI sovereignty, build national capabilities, and enable AI access for its citizens, corporations, startups, and government entities.
The initiative is led by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) in partnership with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Cisco, and NVIDIA.
It aims to build a sovereign AI infrastructure for digital inclusion and enhance homegrown innovation.
Indonesian telecom provider Indosat, through its subsidiary AI Factory Lintasarta, will introduce the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 in its infrastructure.
It will help in deploying generative AI and high-performance computing (HPC).
The Indonesia AI Centre of Excellence is structured around six key pillars, including a secure AI sandbox for building real-world solutions, training programs to certify tens of thousands in AI and data science, and an accelerator to support local startups.
The centre also features an enterprise hub to co-create industry use cases, a platform for developing national large language models (LLMs), and a think-tank to guide ethical AI policy grounded in local values.
Securing digital assets
Cisco will provide secure infrastructure for the Indonesia AI Centre of Excellence to help protect digital assets and support national AI efforts.
This includes a Sovereign Security Operations Centre (SOC) built using Splunk and Cisco’s managed security services.
It offers threat detection, data control, and integration with local systems.
This will help organisations secure digital assets and ensure compliance.
The initiative also targets equipping one million Indonesians with AI and cybersecurity skills by 2027.
NVIDIA will provide research support through its AI Technology Centre, start-up assistance through its Inception program, and training and certification via its Deep Learning Institute.
Cisco will provide training through the Cisco Networking Academy, creating a future-ready workforce and equipping 500,000 Indonesians by 2030
