Jakarta, INTI - Cloudera aims to accelerate the growth of enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Indonesia's financial, government, and manufacturing sectors this year.
Senior Vice President APAC Cloudera, Remus Lim, expressed high optimism regarding the growth in the number of customers in Indonesia. Even though the global and domestic economic situation is facing macro challenges, Indonesian industrial players are considered to continue to prioritize investment in the crucial technology sector for the long term.
The company estimates that the number of Cloudera users in the second quarter of 2026 will still grow, compared to the same period last year. However, it did not mention the growth in detail.
"Even in the midst of current economic conditions, customers are still investing in technology. The only challenge currently is memory, not price or availability," said Remus to Bisnis in Jakarta, Wednesday, June 3.
He added that this year, Cloudera is specifically focusing on the financial market, followed by the government sector and the manufacturing industry. The manufacturing sector is considered to have enormous growth space for the implementation of AI Enterprise to encourage supply chain efficiency and digitally optimize production operations.
Indonesia in Cloudera’s Business Portfolio
Meanwhile, Indonesia holds a strategic position in Cloudera's business portfolio at the global level. Remus said that the Indonesian market is one of the best markets and an important growth anchor in the Southeast Asia region and Asia at large. This market strengthening is supported by Cloudera's global financial performance, which recorded Annual Recurring Revenue in 2025 exceeding US$1 billion or the equivalent of Rp16.2 trillion.
This growth is supported by the massive adoption of hybrid data platforms and AI services by large-scale corporations in the company's 19 operational countries, including the Asia Pacific regional centers in Singapore, Australia, India, Japan, and South Korea.
Cloudera Indonesia Regional Vice President, Sherlie Karnidta, explained that implementing AI technology in sectors with strict regulations, like banking, has its own challenges. The success of this advanced technology expansion requires mature infrastructure readiness on the internal side of the corporation.
“In highly regulated sectors such as banking, successful AI scalability does not just depend on model deployment alone, it fundamentally requires a strong data foundation and tight governance across the hybrid infrastructure,” said Sherlie.
Sherlie expressed that corporations are currently required to accelerate AI initiatives without sacrificing compliance with local regulations or the integrity of customer data.
Through modernization of data architecture, the adoption of real-time analytics in a hybrid multi-cloud environment is an important key in ensuring business continuity in the financial and manufacturing sectors in Indonesia.
Conclusion
Cloudera aims to accelerate the growth of enterprise adoption of AI in Indonesia. Senior Vice President APAC Cloudera, Remus Lim, expressed optimism that the number of customers in Indonesia will continue to grow despite challenging economic conditions. The manufacturing sector is considered to have great potential for utilizing AI to improve supply chain efficiency and production operations. Indonesia is also named as one of Cloudera's most important markets in the Asian region, supported by the company's achievement of global annual revenue exceeding US$1 billion in 2025.
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