How ABB is supporting power demand for a digital Indonesia 4.0

Global mega-trends, aligning with regional industrial transformation, have led to surging demand for data center capacity across the world.¹ In Indonesia, the world’s fourth most-populous country, where government policies have been framed to improve connectivity for its 285 million people,² that demand has driven market growth. 

State-backed smart city initiatives, such as Internet of Things (IOT) technology embedded in roads, streetlights, and traffic signals will further increase the need for data centers to support growth in data consumption.³ 

According to recent research quoted by Microsoft, Indonesia’s data center market will be worth almost USD 4bn by 2028, as the country’s growing adoption of generative AI “unlocks USD 243.5 billion in economic production capacity.”⁴

The ‘always-on’ nature of data center demand requires ‘always-on’ power solutions – but that very demand brings with it a challenge for supply: data centres currently account for more than 1% of global electricity consumption, and as their exponential growth continues to surge⁵, sustainability of operation becomes a more urgent challenge.

In Indonesia, and globally, we’re supporting data centers with reliable, efficient and safe technologies and solutions.

Supporting power supply for AREA 31 hyperscale data centre

Indonesia’s AREA 31 hyperscale data centre, located approximately 30 minutes’ journey from capital Jakarta’s CBD, is one of the country’s leading facilities of its kind. It relies on our PowerWave 33 uninterruptible power supply (UPS), to guarantee continuous power availability for the network-critical infrastructure it supports.

Hyperscale data centres are defined as being large, using thousands of servers, across a large floorspace and being capable of adapting to rapidly evolving workloads. AREA 31 also serves as a conduit for satellite telecommunications.

ABB’s PowerWave 33 has a small footprint and uses less energy than comparable UPS products. Efficiency ratings of between 96% and 99% offer significant savings when used in data centers, office and building power protection and process automation.

UPS part of a suite of solutions

The PowerWave 33 is one of a number of ABB solutions being offered to data center operators in Indonesia, alongside

• Medium and low-voltage switchgear
• Data Center Automation
• Megaflex UPS

Energy and insight for the data centers of tomorrow

Sources:
1. Expanding data center capacity to meet growing demand 
2. Making Indonesia 4.0
3. Welcome to the future of Jakarta 
4. Why Indonesia needs data centers for an AI-powered future 
5. IEA: Energy and AI

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