DCI Secures $980 Million Credit Facility for Indonesia Data Center Expansion, Opens E2 Surabaya Facility
May 7, 2026
DCI Secures $980 Million Credit Facility for Indonesia Data Center Expansion, Opens E2 Surabaya Facility
Indonesian data center operator DCI has secured a major credit facility worth IDR 17 trillion (approximately $980.9 million) to fund its aggressive expansion across the country, marking one of the largest financing rounds in the nation’s digital infrastructure sector. The funding underscores the growing demand for data center capacity in Southeast Asia, particularly as enterprises and cloud providers seek to expand beyond traditional hubs like Jakarta.
According to an exchange filing submitted to the Indonesia Financial Services Authority, the credit facility will be used to finance the company’s capital expenditure requirements, including the construction and completion of data center facilities and the fulfillment of customer demand for contracted capacity. DCI has pledged a broad range of assets as collateral, including land parcels, buildings, existing and future data center machinery and equipment, its current account, and claims under its insurance policies.
Founded in 2011, DCI has grown to become Indonesia’s largest data center operator, with a claimed total potential power capacity of 1GW. The new financing will support its ongoing buildout, which includes the recently inaugurated E2 Surabaya facility in Eastern Indonesia. The company said the location was a “deliberate move to be present early in a region whose digital ecosystem is growing fast, and be the infrastructure that grows with it.”
E2 Surabaya, which went live in April, provides 9MW of capacity earmarked for AI workloads, mission-critical enterprise applications, and edge cloud and content deployments. The facility is designed to offer geographic redundancy for businesses based in Jakarta that “need resilience across their operations,” according to the company. DCI noted that the facility was “built from greenfield-to-operational in under 12 months, involving over one million safe man-hours, leveraging local workforce and industries across East Java,” adding that it has generated opportunities for employment, local talent development, and is creating a lasting multiplier effect for the regional economy.
Founder and CEO Toto Sugiri said in a statement, “This step is part of the company's strategy to expand the presence of global-standard data center infrastructure beyond Jakarta. We believe this will drive a more equitable distribution of national data center capacity. As the digital ecosystem in eastern Indonesia continues to develop, we see the importance of being present early – delivering capacity and service quality as a foundation to support that growth going forward.”
The expansion into Eastern Indonesia reflects a broader industry trend of data center operators diversifying geographically to capture emerging demand and reduce concentration risk. As AI and cloud adoption accelerate across the archipelago, DCI’s early positioning in Surabaya could give it a competitive advantage in serving both local enterprises and global hyperscalers seeking to expand their footprint in the region.
Source: datacenterdynamics
