CoreWeave, the Nasdaq-listed AI cloud infrastructure provider, is entering the Asia-Pacific region for the first time with a planned buildout of three data centres in Indonesia. The facilities, representing 360 megawatts of combined contracted IT power, are expected to come online in 2028 and will serve AI labs, startups, enterprises and public-sector customers deploying workloads across Southeast Asia.
Key Facts At A Glance
- CoreWeave’s Indonesia expansion marks its first data centre presence in the Asia-Pacific region
- Three planned facilities will provide a combined 360 megawatts of contracted IT power
- Facilities are targeted to come online in 2028
- CoreWeave will own and operate the compute environment at all three sites
- The company plans to recruit and train a local operating team in Indonesia
- As of March 31, 2026, CoreWeave operated 49 data centres globally, with more than 1 gigawatt of active power and over 3.5 gigawatts of contracted power
- Greater Jakarta had about 322 megawatts of operational data centre capacity at the end of 2025, with another 186 megawatts under construction and 901 megawatts planned, according to industry estimates
- CoreWeave has not disclosed project cost, financing structure, exact site locations or committed customers
Entering A New Region
CoreWeave announced the expansion in a statement issued in Jakarta, describing it as the company’s first infrastructure move into Asia-Pacific. The buildout follows a pattern of rapid global expansion for the company, which has grown its footprint from a US and European base to nearly 50 global sites since its founding in 2017. CoreWeave said demand for AI cloud services is accelerating well beyond its existing markets, with enterprises, AI-native companies and governments across Asia increasingly seeking compute capacity located close to their data and users.
Why Indonesia
CoreWeave cited latency-sensitive workloads and data-locality requirements as key drivers behind the choice of Indonesia. Sachin Jain, the company’s chief operating officer, said Indonesia is investing heavily in AI education and digital capacity and is becoming one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing destinations for global tech investment. The company will own and operate the compute environment across all three facilities rather than leasing capacity from a third party, and plans to build and train a local team on the ground to run the sites.
Scale Relative To Existing Market
The proposed 360 megawatts of capacity would be substantial relative to Indonesia’s current data centre market. Greater Jakarta, the country’s primary data centre hub, had roughly 322 megawatts of operational capacity at the end of 2025, with an additional 186 megawatts under construction and 901 megawatts in planning, according to industry tracking. CoreWeave’s project would therefore represent a meaningful addition to regional compute supply once completed, though the 2028 timeline leaves execution dependent on construction, power delivery and equipment availability.
What Remains Unknown
CoreWeave has not named the specific sites for the three facilities, nor has it disclosed the total cost of the project, its financing structure, or any customers already committed to using the capacity. The company said only that it expects to spend billions of dollars on the buildout without providing a specific figure.