SM+ Data Centers, Korea Investment Real Asset Management (KIRA), and LG Sinar Mas (LGSM) marked a significant milestone last week in the topping out ceremony of SMX01, an AI-ready data center in Jakarta targetted to be ready for service in 4Q 2026.
SMX01, located in Jakarta’s Central Business District, is a collaboration between SM+ Data Centers, KIRA, and LGSM to meet the growing demand for cloud, enterprise and AI Infrastructure in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
SM+ Data Centers had earlier signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian Internet Service Providers Association (APJII), to ensure access to carrier-neutral infrastructure ahead of operations.
Following the topping out, SMX01 will proceed with completion of key supporting systems, data hall readiness, as well as testing and commissioning to meet targeted operational standards.
“SMX01 represents an important step in SM+ Data Centers’ journey to strengthen Indonesia’s digital infrastructure ecosystem. Building on the edge data center network we have developed across the country, SMX01 will serve as a flagship facility designed to support enterprise, hyperscale, cloud, and AI workloads at the center of Indonesia’s digital economy. With this topping-off milestone, we are one step closer to delivering a facility that is ready to meet customer needs as it enters the Ready for Service phase,” said Herson Suindah, President Director and Group CEO of SM+ Holdings.
“The topping-off of SMX01 marks an important milestone in the development of a strategic digital infrastructure asset in Indonesia. As an investment partner, KIRA sees SMX01 as having strong long-term fundamentals to support the growing need for secure, reliable, and globally standardized data center capacity. We are proud to support this project together with SM+ Data Centers and LG Sinar Mas,” said Yong Sik Kim, CEO of KIRA.
Donghyup Han, CEO of LG Sinar Mas said, “For LG Sinar Mas, the topping-off of SMX01 is not merely a construction milestone, but a validation of our ability to deliver design, build, and operate capabilities for next-generation data centers in Indonesia. From the outset, SMX01 has been designed to address increasingly complex requirements, from cloud adoption and data-intensive workloads to AI infrastructure readiness. This milestone brings us closer to Ready for Service in Q4 2026, while reinforcing our commitment to supporting Indonesia’s digital economy with secure, scalable, and global-standard infrastructure.”
Based in Jakarta, SM+ is backed by Sinar Mas, one of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates. It owns and manages 25 data centers across Indonesia, totaling nearly 40 MW of combined IT load capacity. Korea Investment Real Asset Management (KIRA) is an asset management company with assets under management (AUM) of over US$5 billion as of December 2024. LG Sinar Mas (LGSM) is a joint venture between LG CNS, a South Korea’s major IT services and data center company, and SM+.