Telkom Indonesia has launched AI Campus, a national education program designed to train 113,000 young Indonesians in artificial intelligence, data, and digital technology.
Yogyakarta, October 23, 2025 —
Telkom Indonesia has officially launched AI Campus, a new national education program designed to train 113,000 young Indonesians in artificial intelligence (AI), data, and digital technology. The goal is clear: build a generation ready to shape Indonesia's digital future — not just use it.
What Is AI Campus?
AI Campus is part of Telkom's AI Center of Excellence (AI CoE) — a network of universities, companies, and innovation hubs working together to prepare the next generation of tech professionals.
The program connects education, research, and industry. Students will learn about AI, data analytics, software development, and machine learning, and then apply what they learn through real projects supported by Telkom and its partners.
Instead of focusing only on theory, AI Campus aims to turn classrooms into labs — where students solve real business and social problems using AI tools.
Why It Starts in Yogyakarta
The first AI Campus is being launched at Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY), one of Indonesia's leading private universities.
Telkom chose Yogyakarta because it's a student city, full of creativity and innovation. The partnership with UMY is also the starting point for a larger network: other Muhammadiyah universities across Indonesia will soon join the program.
This means that the project is not limited to Java — it's designed to reach students across the country, from Sumatra to Sulawesi.
How It Works
AI Campus will be built on four main pillars:
- AI Campus — education, learning programs, and student projects
- AI Playground — experimental labs and sandbox environments for AI practice
- AI Connect — events, hackathons, and job matchmaking with industry partners
- AI Hub — research and development for applied AI use cases
Students will take part in courses, workshops, and internships, guided by mentors from Telkom and local businesses. The best projects will receive incubation support — funding, mentorship, and a chance to go commercial.
AI Campus students collaborating on technology projects in a modern learning environment
The Bigger Vision
According to Telkom Indonesia, the project is about more than technology — it's about building human capital for the country's digital economy.
By 2030, Indonesia is expected to need millions of skilled digital workers, but the education system hasn't kept up with industry demand. AI Campus wants to fill that gap, turning universities into production lines for skilled professionals.
"AI Campus will connect classrooms with real industry problems," said one Telkom representative. "It's not just about learning AI — it's about using AI to solve Indonesia's challenges."
Opportunities and Challenges
Training 113,000 people is a big promise — and a big challenge.
The main concern is quality control: how to keep the training deep and practical while scaling across dozens of universities.
To succeed, Telkom and its partners will need to:
- Continuously update the curriculum
- Train the trainers (professors and mentors)
- Ensure equal access outside Java
- Create strong links with companies that can hire these new talents
Still, the initiative marks an important step. It shows that Indonesia is serious about growing its own AI ecosystem, instead of importing talent or technology from abroad.
What It Means for Indonesia
If done well, AI Campus could:
- Make Indonesia a regional hub for digital innovation
- Help local industries adopt automation faster
- Create new job opportunities in AI and data sectors
- Strengthen collaboration between academia and private companies
It's an investment in the long game — teaching thousands of young people to understand, build, and use the technologies that will define the next decade.
In other words: Telkom is not just building networks. It's building minds.
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