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SINGAPORE, Oct. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Data Center First Pte Ltd today announced the launch of their maiden 30MW data

centre project in Nongsa Digital Park, Batam Indonesia. The new data centre,

Nongsa One, will be designed and constructed to Uptime Tier III standards and

is expected to complete by end of 2023.

Data Center First is the first international data centre operator to establish

a presence in Batam. The growing demand of Indonesian internet users driven by

a more open and competitive telecom industry in Indonesia continues to attract

foreign investment into Indonesia. The US$40 million Phase 1 investment in

Nongsa One DC campus from Data Center First will help to strengthen the

connectivity and "digital bridge" between Nongsa and Singapore.

Bapak Airlangga Hartarto, Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic

Affairs said: "I really appreciate this 30MW data centre project by Data Center

First Pte Ltd and welcome the US$ 40 million Phase 1 roll-out. It is estimated

that this single project can catalyse into Nongsa Digital Park up to a total

US$ 300 million Foreign Direct Investment. It can stimulate the local economy

by producing a large multiplier effect, accelerating digital transformation in

Indonesia."

Mr. Gan Kim Yong, Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry, said, "We

welcome the project launch of Nongsa One by Data Center First. Nongsa One will

bolster Nongsa's status as a growing hub for tech and IT services, as well as

data centres. Data Center First's investment highlights the potential of a

nearshoring model for Singapore-based data centre operators to expand their

capacity and capture the rapidly growing demand for data centre services in

Southeast Asia. Singapore looks forward to continuing our close cooperation

with Indonesia to support the development of the data centre industry in

Nongsa."

Mr Mike Wiluan, CEO Nongsa Digital Park said: "We are proud to welcome Data

Centre First Pte Ltd's 30MW Data Center to the growing ecosystem of digital

companies established already in Nongsa Digital Park. As the first data centre

development in the Nongsa Special Economic Zone, this cutting-edge

infrastructure demonstrates NDP's commitment in attracting both best in class

talent and key global infrastructure partners while affirming our role as a

'Digital Bridge' to Indonesia's digitization roadmap. We look forward to this

collaboration with Data Centre First Pte Ltd which will most certainly catalyse

more foreign investment to support Indonesia's overall digital economic growth."

Nongsa One sits on 276,600 square feet of land located in the Special Economic

Zone of Nongsa Digital Park. The unique design for this 30MW campus DC is the

powerhouse concept which gives Nongsa One the ability to independently scale

its electricity needs for the two buildings in the campus. This new powerhouse

design will be an earmark feature for all of Data Center First's campus

projects. Nongsa One has secured electricity supply from two independent PLN

substations in their ringed distribution network which will connect into the

Nongsa One powerhouse with two independent power pathways.

As a network neutral data centre, Data Center First has to-date secured

connectivity from three Subsea Providers, two International Network Service

Providers and two Business ISPs that connects Singapore to Jakarta via Nongsa

Digital Park at Data Center First Nongsa One.

Mr Ka Vin Wong, Chief Executive of Data Center First said: "Nongsa One has

arrived in Nongsa Digital Park and we are delighted to be the new crossroad for

this bold vision of a digital future for Singapore and Indonesia. This is made

possible by our growing customer community who are providing independent

services at this new business crossroad. We continue to receive expression of

interest from Telecom Service Providers, Cloud Infrastructure Providers and

E-Commerce Service Providers. I am thrilled for the market to get to know us

and be part of our growing community."

With the arrival of Nongsa One in Nongsa Digital Park, digital enterprises can

exploit this world-class infrastructure to protect their current deployed

digital assets against natural disasters. Nongsa Digital Park provides the

perfect alternative as a disaster-neutral location to safeguard Indonesia's

booming digital economy. The huge numbers of subsea fibres available from

multiple telecom service providers connecting at Nongsa to both Singapore and

Jakarta makes Nongsa Digital Park the most effective ingress and egress network

point for customers that needs to bring data in or out of Indonesia

efficiently. Nongsa Digital Park with Nongsa One is truly the embodiment of the

Digital Bridge vision jointly defined by the government of Singapore and

Indonesia. Data Center First is excited to take a leadership position in

implementing this vision.

About Data Center First Pte Ltd

Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Singapore, Data Center First is a data

centre development and operations company owned by a blend of industry veterans

and new-comers. We deploy edge data centre campuses to enable our customers

globally to meet the demand of the digital economy. For more information about

our products and services, visit www.datacenterfirst.com and follow us on

LinkedIn.

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SOURCE: Data Center First

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