Data Centres

SM+ holds groundbreaking for AI-ready data centre

Located in Jakarta's central business district.

Paul Mah

Paul Mah

— 2 min read
SM+ holds groundbreaking for AI-ready data centre
Photo Credit: Avnish Patankar

SM+ today held the groundbreaking of its SMX01 data centre, an AI-ready data centre located in Jakarta's central business district (CBD).

  • The data centre represents a US$300 million investment and is a joint venture with Korea Investment Real Asset Management (KIRA).
  • Developed in collaboration with LG Sinar Mas, a joint venture between SM+ and Korea's LG, as the technology advisor and operator.

By the specs

Here are the details:

  • 18MW IT capacity; upgradable to 60MW.
  • 11 storeys with 9 data halls.
  • Support for 130kW racks*.
  • No basements.

With multiple carrier options via multiple fibre entry paths, SMX01 will begin operations in 2H 2026.

*Enough for latest Nvidia GB200 GPUs.

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Modern and AI-ready

According to SM+, it will feature the latest air-cooling with liquid cooling options available on-demand.

Liquid cooling options include:

  • Active rear-door (RDHx).
  • Direct to chip.
  • Immersion.

In fact, the plan is to go for Uptime Tier IV^ and the BCA-IMDA Green Mark for Data Centres (Gold) accreditations.

^Specific floors.

Into the big league

SM+ is hardly new to data centres; it owns and manages 24 data centres across Indonesia. Many of these are smaller, edge data centres though.

The SMX01 facility hence represents a massive increase in its total data centre capacity.

What's more, the building will occupy just one of three adjacent parcels of land. This means SM+ has room to potentially triple it into a data centre campus.

Question of power

It is easy to make big claims, however. Does SM+ actually have access to enough power for a data centre campus in the heart of the CBD?

I had my doubts initially. After all, there are operators in Indonesia who could not fully build up their data centres due to an inability to secure additional power.

I managed to get on a call with Avnish Patankar, who confirmed that SM+ has a commitment from national grid operator PLN.

Short answer: SM+ has the power.

  • Access to 460 MVA within 5 years.
  • Dual 30 MVA incoming power feeds (Phase 1).
  • Substation built on the grounds of SMX01.

If anything, I'll say the capacity SM+ quoted in their press release is very conservative.

So yes, SMX01 is a bona fide AI-ready data centre.