Batam Island suffers water problem, power outage amid AI-driven boom A data center project under construction at Nongsa Digital Park, Batam Island, Indonesia, pictured on June 16.
Batam Island suffers water problem, power outage amid AI-driven boom A data center project under construction at Nongsa Digital Park, Batam Island, Indonesia, pictured on June 16. Owing to its proximity to Singapore, Batam is emerging as a new Southeast Asia hub for data center investment © Antara PURWAKARTA/MEDAN, Indonesia -- Juniadi Adinda has lived in a village on Batam, an Indonesian island a roughly one-hour ferry ride away from Singapore, for 26 years, during which he never had any problem with water supply.