TelkomGroup, PLN and Danantara Sign MoU for National AI Data Center Hub
The agreement, announced at DTIIF 2026, aligns power supply, land, utilities and connectivity for large-scale AI computing framed as sovereign AI infrastructure.
Telkom, its data center arm NeutraDC, state utility PLN and sovereign fund Danantara signed a memorandum of understanding on October 27 to develop a National AI Data Center Hub based in industrial estates. The announcement was made at the Digital Talent and Infrastructure International Forum (DTIIF) 2026 and subsequently confirmed by other outlets on October 30.
The MoU's scope is alignment: coordinating electricity supply, land, utilities and connectivity for large-scale AI computing workloads. The framing from the parties emphasizes "sovereign AI infrastructure" — domestic capacity to host AI training and inference for government and enterprise workloads.
As of the announcement the agreement contains no tendered packages or locations; execution details remain to be defined. The deal nonetheless confirms that AI-ready data center capacity is moving onto the state-linked investment agenda, with the grid, land and connectivity parties now formally at one table.