Microsoft boss charms Indonesia with $1.7B AI, cloud injection

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company will invest $1.7 billion in expanding its presence and building datacenters in Indonesia.earlier this month. During his trip to the island country, Nadella met Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his cabinet to discuss AI. In a"This new generation of AI is reshaping how people live and work everywhere, including in Indonesia," Nadella said.

Indonesia might be appealing to Microsoft for a few reasons. While it is a developing country, it has an emerging tech industry with a 3.1 million member GitHub community, the third largest in the Asia-Pacific region behind India and China. Microsoft predicts the country will be in the top five developer communities in the world by 2026 thanks to its fast growth.

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