6 June 2025 – GoTo Group has successfully migrated GoTo Financial, its digital finance division, to Alibaba Cloud’s Jakarta-based infrastructure, marking one of the largest and most intricate cloud migrations in Indonesia’s history. This strategic move follows a partnership announced in September 2024.
Enhanced Service Efficiency and Regulatory Compliance
The migration aims to improve service efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and most importantly, ensure compliance with Indonesia’s data sovereignty laws. With this transition, all user data will now remain within the country, bolstering trust and compliance.
GoTo Financial serves over 20 million monthly users, including through its flagship product GoPay, making this infrastructure shift a significant step forward in operational reliability and transaction processing.
Strengthening Infrastructure for Fintech Growth
Patrick Walujo, CEO of GoTo Group, stated that the partnership with Alibaba Cloud strengthens their infrastructure and highlights their commitment to secure and locally-compliant fintech services for Indonesian users.
Technical teams from both companies collaborated to build a robust full-stack architecture, deploying thousands of microservices using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Alibaba’s tools like Landing Zone and Terraform played a key role in ensuring a smooth and disruption-free transition through a gradual traffic shift strategy.
A Boost for Innovation and Local Talent
Beyond infrastructure, this collaboration supports long-term innovation and local digital talent development. In May 2025, Alibaba Cloud, GoTo, and the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs of Indonesia co-hosted the GenAI Hackathon, aimed at nurturing local tech talent and contributing to national economic growth.
Alibaba Cloud’s Role in Indonesia’s Digital Transformation
Sean Yuan, Regional GM at Alibaba Cloud, emphasized the successful migration as a testament to Alibaba’s capabilities in supporting large-scale digital transformation. He reaffirmed the company’s dedication to Indonesia’s digital advancement.
Since formalizing the partnership in 2024, Alibaba Cloud has become a core technology enabler for GoTo, providing support through local data centers and a broad portfolio of cloud services. Future plans include joint commercial projects aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s digital economy.
A recent leadership visit by GoTo to Alibaba’s Xixi Campus in China further cemented the companies’ shared vision for innovation and long-term collaboration.
