Google has expanded the capacity of its cloud region in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Meanwhile, rival US cloud company Microsoft launched its Jakarta cloud region last month.

Google expands Jakarta cloud capacity

Google Cloud this week announced it has expanded – and is continuing to expand – the computing capacity of its Jakarta cloud region to meet customer demand.

Details on the scale of the expansion weren’t shared.

“Google Cloud’s Jakarta cloud region powers many essential services for Indonesian organizations, from Bio Farma’s research and development of vaccines, to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education’s delivery of teaching and learning experiences, to digital banking, e-commerce, food deliveries, remote work, and more,” said Fanly Tanto, country director, Indonesia, Google Cloud.

Google first announced plans to launch a region in Jakarta back in 2018. The company launched its Jakarta cloud region in 2020, making it the first US hyperscaler to launch a region in the Indonesian capital.

Other cloud companies operating, or planning to operate, in Indonesia include Huawei, Google, Alibaba, Tencent, and AWS.

Microsoft launches Jakarta cloud region

Microsoft's first cloud region in Indonesia, called Indonesia Central, became generally available last month. The launch was quietly announced via a post on the company’s Indonesia page.

As is standard with most such launches, the new cloud region includes three availability zones. Construction on the facilities, located within the Greenland International Industrial Centre in Greater Jakarta, began in January 2022.

Microsoft announced plans to develop an Indonesian cloud region in Jakarta in February 2021.

Last year, the company said it would invest $1.7bn over the next four years into cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia. However, recent reports suggest Indonesia was one of the countries in which Microsoft would be pulling back from data center development.