Batam

Overview

Batam is a spillover market that emerged at the peak of the Singapore moratorium on data centre. The city is favored given its strategic proximity to Singapore, connectivity to subsea cables, and availability of land and power. In the past few years, many operators have acquired land and planned facilities within the Special Economic Zone - Nongsa Digital Park.

By Live IT, Batam is currently at a nascent stage and the market mainly consists of legacy facilities operated by local telecommunication players. It remains to be seen if the market will continue its upward momentum as Johor has captured a significant share of the spillover capacity. Nevertheless, numerous operators are optimistic about the potential as operators and businesses decentralise their digital infrastructure and consider locations beyond Singapore.