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Mitsui to Participate in Data Center Service Business in Indonesia

Jul. 25, 2014


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Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Masami Iijima) and its subsidiary Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd. ("MKI", Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Masaki Saito) have agreed with Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group to jointly invest in the establishment of a data center service business ("Business").

In Indonesia, populated by more than 240 million people, data traffic service is expanding rapidly due to the growth and accelerating speed of smartphone market penetration. As a result, there is a growing need for data centers with high speed data processing capacity and cloud services (*1). Moreover, a new government regulation enacted last year requires each electronic data provider company in Indonesia engaged in public utility service to store their data in data centers located in Indonesia. To meet such existing demand, Mitsui, jointly with MKI, decided to enter into a high-spec data center business that has the future potential to meet the Tier 4 (*2) standard, in partnership with Lippo Group. Mitsui and Lippo Group jointly established the satellite broadcasting and high-speed mobile service (4G/LTE) business. The abovementioned data center serves not only to support the growth of those joint businesses as an IT infrastructure, but also to create the synergy between those business operations.

Furthermore, Mitsui aims to offer a unique and competitive cloud service in Indonesia by jointly investing in the Business with its subsidiary MKI, which possesses knowledge, experience, and expertise for data center operations in Japan.

*1 Cloud Services: Provides an IT environment, such as servers, storage, or applications through communication networks, in which Users can utilize IT facilities without owning hardware or software of their own.
*2 Tier 4: Data center standard defined by "Uptime Institute" in the United States. There are four levels of Tiers (1 through 4), and the Tier 4 data center has the highest specifications.

Outline of the Business (GTN)

Name of Company PT Graha Teknologi Nusantara (GTN)
Shareholders Lippo Group 65%, MKI 25%, Mitsui 10%
Investment Amount Total (Mitsui and MKI): approximately 1 billion yen
Investment Date September, 2014 (scheduled date)

Lippo Group

Representative Mochtar Riady
Establishment 1948
Employees 35,000
Office Jakarta, Indonesia
Business Activities High-speed mobile service, Real estate development, Retail, Hospital, Education, Paid cable television/satellite television, Internet service provider, Media, Banking

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