Telecommunications 2026-11-02

Indosat Books US$50 Million AI Cloud Revenue in Nine Months, Targets US$100 Million by Year-End

The operator says its AI Cloud contract pipeline from 2027 exceeds US$300 million and it will hold 200 MW of AI compute capacity by the first half of 2027.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison reported nine-month 2026 revenue of Rp45.8 trillion, up 11 percent year on year, with net profit up 37.2 percent to Rp4.9 trillion. The standout figure is its AI Cloud business: US$50 million in revenue through September, compared with US$28 million for all of 2025, and a company target of US$100 million by the end of 2026.

According to CNBC Indonesia's October 30 report, the AI Cloud contract pipeline starting 2027 exceeds US$300 million, and the operator plans to hold 200 MW of AI compute capacity by the first half of 2027, backed by a financing facility of up to US$3.1 billion. The company's enterprise platform Indosat Intelligence Suite, launched with F5 in October, integrates more than 300 AI models with token-based billing, and the operator credits AI-driven personalization for a 16.5 percent rise in ARPU to Rp46,000.