yìn dù ní xī yà印度尼西亚AIshù jù数据zhōng xīn中心kuài sù快速zēng jiā增加，dàn但yòng用shuǐ水wèn tí问题ràng让rén人dān xīn担心
Artificial intelligence is developing very quickly, and Indonesia is also building more and more data centers.
By April 2026, there were already 170 data centers nationwide.
Many people believe this will bring investment and jobs, and also help the digital economy grow.
However, data centers need a lot of electricity to operate, and they also need a lot of water for cooling, so some people have started to worry about local water supplies.
For example, in Batam, the number of data centers is increasing, but residents often face water shortages.
In some places, millions of liters of water are needed every day, which is a very large amount.
In 2024, local residents even held protests because there was no water at home.
They saw that the technology park always had water, while their own community often had water cuts, and they felt it was very unfair.
Environmental activists also say that developing industry and technology is important, but the government must also protect the environment and first make sure residents have basic access to water.
As AI becomes more and more common, Indonesia can gain new opportunities for development, but when building data centers, it should also pay attention to saving resources so that economic growth and people’s lives can improve together.