Satya Nadella and Joko Widodo
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta.
  • Microsoft plans to invest $1.7 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia.
  • CEO Satya Nadella visited Indonesia this week The investment is the largest in Microsoft's 29-year history in the country.
  • Apple's Tim Cook also appears to be eyeing the country as a potential manufacturing base.

Microsoft is the latest tech giant to eye up Indonesia as a new business hub.

This week the company said it would invest $1.7 billion over the next four years in cloud and AI infrastructure in Indonesia.