Chandra Asmara

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto gestures after attending the launch of a new system for directly transferring allowances to regional public school teachers’ bank accounts at the Primary and Secondary Education Ministry in Jakarta on March 13, 2025. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

Prabowo faces investor revolt over Indonesia’s economic path

By Philip J. Heijmans, Chandra Asmara, and others

Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the company event on AI technologies in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Microsoft will invest $1.7 billion to build out cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Indonesia, betting on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to spur growth. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Satya Nadella says Microsoft will pump $1.7bn into Indonesia for AI and cloud projects as Big Tech floods into Southeast Asia

By Gao Yuan, Saritha Rai, and others