Indonesia's Cold Storage Wave: ID Food Proposes Seven Jumbo Facilities While KAI Logistik Finishes Two
State food holding ID Food wants government-built cold storage in seven cities; KAI Logistik's Bandung and Purwokerto facilities are due for completion by end-2026 alongside foreign investment entries.
Indonesia's cold chain capacity is expanding on multiple fronts at once. ID Food's president director, speaking at the Agrifood Forum on October 19, asked the government to build large-scale cold storage in seven locations — Medan, Lampung, Jakarta, Surabaya, Bitung and Makassar, plus one more — capable of holding chicken, eggs and fish for six to twelve months to stabilize prices. The proposal has no budget allocation yet.
Meanwhile, projects already funded are moving: KAI Logistik is completing cold storage warehouses in Bandung (1,115 m²) and Purwokerto (1,570 m²) by the end of 2026, fitted with CCTV, integrated security and solar panels. Foreign institutional capital has also entered: Peregrine partnered with Sinar Primera on facilities in Pluit and Narogong (September), and I Squared acquired Cella — five assets totaling roughly 231,000 m² across Greater Jakarta and Surabaya — with closing in Q3 2026.
The pattern matters for the logistics sector: every new facility brings temperature monitoring, security and warehouse-system requirements from day one, and the owners range from state enterprises to global infrastructure funds with high data standards.