Google: Indosat and Google Cloud expand partnership for sovereign Indonesian cloud

 Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to create sovereign and Edge cloud services in Indonesia. The telco will offer Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) on-premises to customers in Indonesia via its data center arm. Customers will also have access to Google's Vertex AI platform, and pre-trained machine learning models. 
 

"Indonesia's public sector and regulated industries require solutions that meet strict data sovereignty and regulatory requirements,” said CEO Thomas Kurian in a statement. “Our partnership with Indosat Group will introduce next-generation, local sovereign cloud and Edge cloud solutions to empower public sector and regulated organizations to accelerate digital transformation on their own terms.”

Indosat Group CEO Vikram Sinha added: “Indonesia is paving the way towards its golden era in 2045. Indosat Group is committed to contributing through technological advancements in pursuit of this vision. The partnership with Google Cloud is driven by empowering Indonesia, aiming to deliver the country’s first sovereign cloud and Edge cloud solutions. These solutions will equip organizations with the state-of-the-art infrastructure, operational features, and developer tools they need to accelerate digitalization at scale.”