Government to Build National Data Center in 2022

TheIndonesia.co - The Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) targets the groundbreaking of the national data center (PDN) in Bekasi, West Java, in 2022.

“Currently, the tender process has been or is in progress, the first PDN in Bekasi. And we hope that by the end of 2023, the government's target for the first PDN can operate in Bekasi," said the spokesman for the Ministry of Communications and Informatics, Dedy Permadi, when met by reporters in Jakarta, Thursday, December 30, 2021.

Dedy said the consolidation phase and preparation for the auction would be carried out in 2022, while the construction phase would begin in the third and fourth quarters of 2022 and the first to fourth quarters of 2023.  "We hope that (PDN) will be operational by the end of 2023," he said.

The government is also planning to develop PDN in three other areas, including the new capital city of East Kalimantan Province, Batam (Riau Islands Province), and Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara Province. The development of PDN is part of the electronic-based government system (SPBE) implementation launched by the government.

Dedy said that PDN is used to store data for the central and regional governments, which by the end of this year amounted to 223 agencies. According to Dedy, Kominfo has finalized the pre-development stage of PDN in addition to operating a temporary national data center (PDNS).

"Currently PDNS has facilitated data storage for several applications for handling COVID-19, such as Peduli Protect, Silacak, and Pcare," he said.

Dedy said digital governance in Indonesia still faces challenges, which are related to the integration and interoperability of data and electronic systems for more efficient governance. However, the ministry is optimistic and hopes to solve these challenges properly through breakthroughs being made in human resources (HR), strengthening governance, and updating technology.