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Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft was successful Indonesia Tuesday arsenic nan institution announced a $1.7 cardinal finance into nan country. File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo
April 30 (UPI) -- Microsoft announced connected Tuesday that it would put $ 1.7 cardinal complete nan adjacent 4 years into caller unreality and artificial intelligence infrastructure successful Indonesia while training astir 1 cardinal location to return advantage of AI-related occupation opportunities.
To create Indonesia's workforce, Microsoft said its committedness will spell to training 840,000 to build a robust developer organization successful Indonesia. Microsoft said it is portion of its wide committedness to countries that are portion of nan Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
"This caller procreation of AI is reshaping really group unrecorded and activity everywhere, including successful Indonesia," said Satya Nadella, president and CEO of Microsoft successful a statement. "The finance we are announcing coming -- spanning integer infrastructure, skilling, and support for developer -- will thief Indonesia thrive successful this caller era."
The finance is expected to play a ample domiciled successful Indonesia's plan to revamp its economy complete nan adjacent 20 years, called by officials location arsenic nan Golden Indonesia 2045 plan.
Microsoft's announcement came connected nan aforesaid time that Nadella held a gathering pinch Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
That effort will lead them to train 2.5 cardinal for caller tech jobs successful Indonesia, Malaysia, nan Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
"Indonesia's collaboration pinch Microsoft connected AI perfectly aligns pinch our ambition for a early driven by integer innovation," said Budi Arie Setiadi, Indonesia's curate of communications and accusation technology.
"I americium assured this business will unfastened up caller horizons for Indonesia, positioning america not only arsenic consumers of exertion but arsenic pivotal contributors to nan world technological proviso chain."
