NTT Data opens 12MW AI-ready Jakarta data centre with APN link

NTT Data has opened a 12MW AI-ready data centre in Jakarta and paired it with Indonesia's first commercial service built on the company's all-photonics network technology. The facility, Jakarta 2 Annex Data Centre (JKT2A), carries Tier III certification and sits within NTT Global Data Centers' existing Jakarta campus, the company announced on Tuesday.

The new site combines advanced cooling, resilient power infrastructure and carrier-neutral connectivity. NTT Data positions it for hyperscale, enterprise and high-density computing workloads — the AI-ready label reflects that design envelope rather than any measured performance claim. Twelve megawatts of IT capacity is a mid-sized addition by regional standards, but it lands in a campus that already functions as an interconnection hub.

Why the campus location matters

JKT2A extends the ecosystem established by JKT2, its neighbouring facility on the same campus. JKT2 hosts more than 240 network service providers, the JKT-IX internet exchange, major cloud service providers and critical subsea cable connections. For enterprises choosing a colocation site, that density of networks and clouds typically determines how much traffic stays on-site rather than transiting third-party facilities. A tenant in JKT2A inherits that ecosystem on day one.

Doug Adams, president and CEO of NTT Global Data Centers, framed the opening as part of a broader Asia-Pacific expansion. "Indonesia is one of the most dynamic digital economies in Southeast Asia, and it is creating significant demand for scalable, highly connected digital infrastructure," Adams said in a statement.

What does APN Connect change?

Alongside the hardware, NTT Data launched APN Connect, which it describes as the first service in Indonesia to use its all-photonics network (APN) technology. APN is built on NTT's Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) architecture, a photonic-based approach the vendor promotes as a lower-latency, lower-power alternative to conventional electrical packet forwarding.

The commercial specifics are straightforward: APN Connect provides high-capacity, low-latency Layer 1 connectivity between JKT2/JKT2A and JKT3, two facilities approximately 35km apart. Layer 1 means the link is a raw optical path, which lets enterprise and hyperscale tenants build their own network topology across sites rather than relying on switched services. At 35km, the two campuses are close enough for real-time replication without metropolitan latency becoming a constraint.

Yasuhiro Kajiki, managing director of Japan and APAC at NTT Global Data Centers, said the service enables real-time data synchronisation across geographically separated facilities. Use cases include disaster recovery, data replication and resilient multi-data-centre operations.

"By expanding our capacity and connecting the facilities through APN Connect, we are creating a more connected and resilient data centre platform that gives our clients greater flexibility as their infrastructure needs evolve," Kajiki said.

Separating the platform from the marketing

The verifiable facts here are the 12MW capacity, the Tier III certification, the 240-plus network providers on the existing campus and the 35km Layer 1 link. The APN and IOWN framing is vendor positioning; NTT has yet to publish independent throughput or efficiency benchmarks from a live Indonesian deployment. Practitioners evaluating the site should treat photonics claims as forward-looking until operational data emerges.

For operators and enterprises in Indonesia, the practical change is simpler: an additional 12MW of certified capacity in an established interconnection hub, plus a private optical path between two Jakarta-area facilities that previously required third-party transport.

Adams said JKT2A strengthens NTT's ability to serve rising demand for cloud, AI and digital transformation services across Southeast Asia, indicating further capacity additions in the region are likely to follow as those workloads scale.