BDx Holds 2027 Target After Indonesia Halts AI Data Centre — SkimNews
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- BDx confirmed on Oct 3 that construction at its 640MW AI campus in Jatiluhur, West Java, was halted on Sept 30 by order of Governor Dedi Mulyadi, who flagged two missing approvals — an AMDAL environmental assessment and a PBG building permit.
- BDx still targets the first 120MW phase entering service in early 2027, pending permit completion, and called the regulatory work "progressing as planned."
- The 111,000 sq m campus, roughly the size of 15 football pitches and 5km from the Jatiluhur reservoir, will be developed as six buildings over about three years, with 845 MVA of grid capacity secured from state electricity company PLN.
- The Jatiluhur reservoir could supply up to 384 litres per second to the fully-built site; Governor Dedi has demanded a public environmental review and commissioned an independent assessment from a University of Indonesia academic.
- Governor Dedi blamed the paperwork delay on BDx's consultant, not the Purwakarta authorities; BDx declined to name the consultant or say whether it was reviewing the relationship.
- Indonesia had 204 data centre facilities as of September — the most in South-east Asia — with about 580MW of operational capacity and another 1.3GW in investor interest.
Why it matters: A 640MW AI data centre campus in West Java was halted by its host governor over missing environmental and building permits, with water use from the Jatiluhur reservoir — a key supply for Greater Jakarta — now under independent academic review. With Indonesia already hosting 204 data centre facilities and 1.3GW of additional capacity in investor pipelines, the freeze sets a concrete regulatory hurdle for the rest of the buildout.
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