Days after a non-governmental organisation filed criminal charges against Indonesia’s State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno for authorising Telkom to build a data centre in Singapore, the minister said the data centre “will not host” Indonesian government data.
Ms Soemarno, who invited top executives from state firms, including Telkom, to an informal breaking of fast at her residence in South Jakarta, said Telkom’s data centre, which is being built with Singtel, was purely to tap Singapore’s potential market.
“It’s for businesses in Singapore only. Telkom is building its third data centre in Singapore after winning a tender, through Telekomunikasi Indonesia International Singapore (Telin Singapore), for permission to operate a data centre in Jurong. Telin is fully a subsidiary of Telkom,” she said. Last week, Indonesia Club filed criminal charges against the minister, accusing her of authorising Telkom to build the data centre in Singapore on the assumption that “it would host” Indonesian government data.
“I was surprised. I just came back from China and France, but I had a surprising gift: The media reporting negatively about the cooperation between Telkom and Singtel,” Ms Soemarno said.
Mr Gigih Guntoro, director of Indonesia Club, pointed out the risks of Telkom and Singtel hosting Indonesia’s e-government services, saying the cooperation may violate state intelligence and electronic communications laws. He added that electronic systems and transactions in Indonesia, especially those relating to data servers for public services, must be located within the country.
Ms Soemarno, however, said she was unfazed by the police report. “Go ahead, we haven’t done anything wrong ... Of course we will abide by our own regulations. Data servers for public services must be located here (in Indonesia).”
She declined to reveal whether she plans to counter-sue Indonesia Club.
Mr Indra Utoyo, director of Innovation and Strategic Portfolio at Telkom, explained that the Telin-3 data centre, Telkom’s cooperation with Telin and Telkom’s intention to win the tender for e-government services developed by President Joko Widodo’s administration “are completely unrelated issues”. He insisted that Telin-3 data was necessary, as Telkom’s first two data centres have reached 70 per cent of their maximum capacity rate.
“There was a tight tender process for this project. Many (companies) are proposing to build a data centre in Jurong. We went through the bidding process and we won,” Mr Indra said.
After winning the tender on June 5, Telin Singapore kicked off the construction of the US$115 million (S$153 million) Telin-3 data centre in Jurong, with Ms Soemarno present at the ceremony with Telkom CEO Alex Sinaga, who was also named in the Indonesia Club’s police report.
Meanwhile, Telkom’s tender for e-government services still has to undergo a tender process, Mr Indra said. The government has yet to reveal whether it will appoint Telkom for the project.
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Quelle/Source: TODAYonline, 22.06.2015
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