Singapore, 25 November 2025- NeutraDC Singapore, a unit of Indonesia’s Telkom Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Super Sistem to link its data-centre infrastructure in Singapore and Batam to Super Sistem’s planned Batam-Singapore subsea cable system.
The cable, named the Super Sistem Batam, Singapore (SSBS), is part of the broader Barat Timur Indonesia (BTI) Cable System being developed by Super Sistem in partnership with APTelecom. The BTI network aims to link Batam, Jakarta, and Manado through a chain of seven landing stations, embedding SSBS as a gateway between Singapore and Batam.
Under the agreement, the SSBS will be directly connected, without intermediaries, to NeutraDC’s carrier-neutral data centres: NeutraDC Singapore and its recently topped-off hyperscale facility in Batam (built in partnership with Nxera, a Singtel-owned data-infrastructure firm). The Batam facility currently has an initial capacity of 18 MW, with phased expansion planned up to 54 MW.
In a statement, NeutraDC Singapore CEO Sendang Praptomo described the MoU as “a scalable, secure, and efficient infrastructure foundation to support the growing demands of cloud, AI, and edge computing across Southeast Asia.”
Super Sistem director Chan Tuck Han added that combining subsea infrastructure with NeutraDC’s ecosystem will “reinforce the digital backbone that supports the region’s transformation.”
The timing is significant: NeutraDC recently completed the structural phase of its Batam hyperscale centre (the “Topping Off” for the first building, held 30 October 2025), signalling readiness for commercial launch. By linking Batam directly with Singapore via a new subsea route, NeutraDC aims to turn Batam into a digital-hub node, offering low-latency, high-capacity interconnection for cloud, enterprise, AI, and edge workloads.
Super Sistem and APTelecom have already secured corridor approval for the BTI subsea cable project, a key regulatory milestone, and both SSBS and BTI are slated to enter service in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Industry analysts see the tie-up as a strategic wager in Indonesia–Singapore interconnectivity growing in importance. With NeutraDC’s Batam campus, already marketed as AI- and cloud-ready, the direct landing of SSBS at Batam could reduce latency and simplify cross-border traffic flows between Indonesia and Singapore’s cloud/exchange hubs.
At the same time, it positions Batam, geographically proximate to Singapore but lying within Indonesian jurisdiction, as a potentially sovereign-friendly, high-capability data-centre hub for regional clients wary of cross-border regulatory friction.
Whether the project meets its deployment timeline in 2026, and whether customers embrace the new route over existing alternatives will be important signals for the region’s evolving digital-infrastructure map.
