CoreWeave, Inc. is expanding into the Asia-Pacific region with plans to build three new data centers in Indonesia by 2028. The facilities will provide 360 megawatts of contracted IT power, representing a multi-billion-dollar investment. The expansion is driven by regional demand for localized, low-latency AI compute as operators seek alternatives to Singapore. CoreWeave also plans to recruit and train a local operating team to support Indonesia's digital infrastructure goals.
Indonesia data center expansion
- ▪The three planned Indonesian facilities will provide a combined 360 megawatts of contracted IT power and are expected to begin operating in 2028.
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc. will directly own and operate the compute environments across all three Indonesian sites.
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc. plans to spend billions of dollars on the Indonesian data center project, though a specific estimate was not disclosed.
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc. announced its first Asia-Pacific expansion with plans to build three new data centers in Indonesia.
Asia-Pacific AI demand drivers
- ▪The expansion into Indonesia is driven by accelerating regional demand for localized AI compute, specifically for latency-sensitive workloads and data locality requirements.
- ▪Operators are investing in Indonesia as an alternative to Singapore, including Digital Edge's $4.5 billion campus and BDx Data Centers' 1.2 gigawatts of power commitments.
CoreWeave infrastructure footprint
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc. plans to spend between $31 billion and $35 billion on capital expenditures in 2026, raising its lower-end forecast in May 2026.
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc. secured multi-billion-dollar cloud deals in 2026, including an expanded $21 billion deal with Meta and a multi-year agreement with Anthropic.
- ▪As of March 31, 2026, CoreWeave, Inc. operated 49 data centers globally with more than 1 gigawatt of active power and over 3.5 gigawatts of contracted power.
MLPerf benchmark results
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc. achieved top Platinum rankings in SemiAnalysis ClusterMAX 1.0 and 2.0 and the number-one ranking for inference speed and price-performance for Moonshot AI's Kimi K2.6.
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc.'s AI cloud platform has set performance standards reflected in MLPerf benchmark results for both training and inference.
Local workforce development
- ▪CoreWeave, Inc. plans to recruit and train an on-the-ground technical team in Indonesia to operate the new facilities and support local talent development.
- ▪Sachin Jain, chief operating officer of CoreWeave, Inc., stated that Indonesia is investing heavily in AI education and digital capacity.
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