P R O J E C T F O C U S

JAKARTA

PT DECIX Indonesia Pratama , a joint venture between DE-CIX , one of the world ’ s leading operators of Internet Exchanges ( IXs ), and PT IDMarco Digital Solusi , a subsidiary of the Salim Group , has announced its new Internet Exchange , DE-CIX Jakarta , is now live and connecting customers .

Built on the DE-CIX Apollon platform , DE-CIX Jakarta is distributed across two data centres in Jakarta , NTT ’ s JKT2 and the Matrix Data Center JKT2 , with access to 95 % of the Jakarta market . The IX is integrated into the existing DE-CIX ASEAN ecosystem , now covering seven key metro markets : Jakarta , Singapore , Kuala Lumpur , Johor Bahru , Penang , Brunei and Manila .

OHIO

AEP Ohio , an American Electric Power company , has filed a proposal that would create a new rate category for data centre customers and cryptocurrency mining / mobile data centre operations .

“ Demand for computing power from data centres , which require enormous amounts of electricity , is being fuelled by Artificial Intelligence and other new technologies ,” said Marc Reitter , President and Chief Operating Officer , AEP Ohio . “ AEP Ohio is seeing unprecedented demand from data centre customers , especially in the Central Ohio area . While we see no concerns serving current or new residential and existing commercial or industrial customers , we need to ensure that the right long-term investments are made to the electric grid .”

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