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Nusantara — Smart Forest Capital

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✎ Updated 20 Aug 2026 Publication date recorded for 8 sources. What changed →

Indonesia's forest capital protects 65% of its land and trials driverless buses — but its 2026 budget was cut 85%, and the courts say Jakarta, not Nusantara, is still the legal capital.

Outcome📉 Scaled back
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
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Run byOtorita Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN Authority)
Scale🏙️ City-wide
CostRp 466 trillion (about US$33bn at the ECB reference rate of Rp 14,295 to the dollar on 15 March 2022) is the provisional requirement President Joko Widodo stated at the site on 15 March 2022, of which he expected 19–20% to come from the state budget and the rest from private investors, state-owned enterprises and public-private partnerships. That is a plan, not spending: the finance minister put actual state-budget outlay on Nusantara at Rp 72.3 trillion (about US$4.4bn) from 2022 to May 2024.

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Indonesia's new Borneo capital has built a government core with a 5G-linked driverless-bus trial and designated 65% of its land — about 177,000 hectares — for forest conservation. A 50MW solar plant supplies roughly 10% of Nusantara's power today, against an 80%-renewables target for 2045. Progress has slowed sharply: the 2026 state budget was cut 85% from 2024, and Indonesia's Constitutional Court has confirmed Jakarta, not Nusantara, remains the legal capital.

In build 📅 since 2022
🏛️ GovernanceAutonomous vehiclesSolar & PVConnectivity & 5GSmart grid & energy

Sources

↗ IKN Authority (authority)Official authority behind the new capital.
↗ GovInsider Asia (press)Confirms the 5G-linked autonomous bus trial in the government core area and other planned tech.
↗ NPR (press)Published 16 April 2026April 2026 currency check: budget cut 85% from 2024 to 2026, relocation delays.
↗ ANTARA News (press)Published 16 January 202450MW solar plant supplies ~10% of Nusantara's power; national target is 80% renewables by 2045.
↗ Indonesia Business Post (press)Confirms 65% of IKN area (~177,000 hectares) designated as protected/conservation land.
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↗ Liputan6 (press) — President Joko Widodo on the cost, 15 March 2022
↗ CNBC Indonesia (press) — finance ministry figures on state spending, 10 June 2024
↗ CNBC Indonesia (press) — 2026 draft budget allocation for Nusantara, 18 August 2025

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Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2022. 5 of 8 sources carry a publication date, from 15 March 2022 to 16 April 2026.

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  1. Liputan6 · pressLiputan6 (press) — President Joko Widodo on the cost, 15 March 2022
  2. ANTARA News · pressANTARA News (press)
  3. CNBC Indonesia · pressCNBC Indonesia (press) — finance ministry figures on state spending, 10 June 2024
  4. CNBC Indonesia · pressCNBC Indonesia (press) — 2026 draft budget allocation for Nusantara, 18 August 2025
  5. NPR · pressNPR (press)

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the 2026 state budget was cut 85% from 2024
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What the mapping says
The 2026 draft state budget (RAPBN 2026, Book II of the financial notes) allocates Rp 6.26 trillion to the Nusantara Authority's strategic-area programme, against Rp 39.8 trillion in 2024 and about Rp 13 trillion in 2025.
Caveat
The size of the cut depends on which 2024 figure is used: 84% against the Rp 39.8 trillion allocation, 85% against the Rp 43.3 trillion the Authority later reported as actually spent in 2024. A draft budget is also not a final one.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. CNBC Indonesia (press) — 2026 draft budget allocation for Nusantara, 18 August 2025
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Otorita Ibu Kota Nusantara (IKN Authority)
Actor types
national-government
Funding model
mixed
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
Rp 466 trillion (about US$33bn at the ECB reference rate of Rp 14,295 to the dollar on 15 March 2022) is the provisional requirement President Joko Widodo stated at the site on 15 March 2022, of which he expected 19–20% to come from the state budget and the rest from private investors, state-owned enterprises and public-private partnerships. That is a plan, not spending: the finance minister put actual state-budget outlay on Nusantara at Rp 72.3 trillion (about US$4.4bn) from 2022 to May 2024.
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8 source dossiers

IKN Authority (authority) ikn.go.id · background

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2026-08-15
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2026-08-20
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Official authority behind the new capital.

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GovInsider Asia (press) govinsider.asia · background

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Confirms the 5G-linked autonomous bus trial in the government core area and other planned tech.

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NPR (press) npr.org · background

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2026-04-16
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April 2026 currency check: budget cut 85% from 2024 to 2026, relocation delays.

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ANTARA News (press) en.antaranews.com · background

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Name not classified · en.antaranews.com
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2024-01-16
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50MW solar plant supplies ~10% of Nusantara's power; national target is 80% renewables by 2045.

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Indonesia Business Post (press) indonesiabusinesspost.com · background

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Name not classified · indonesiabusinesspost.com
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Confirms 65% of IKN area (~177,000 hectares) designated as protected/conservation land.

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Liputan6 (press) — President Joko Widodo on the cost, 15 March 2022 liputan6.com · background

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Name not classified · liputan6.com
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2022-03-15
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CNBC Indonesia (press) — finance ministry figures on state spending, 10 June 2024 cnbcindonesia.com · background

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Name not classified · cnbcindonesia.com
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2024-06-10
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CNBC Indonesia (press) — 2026 draft budget allocation for Nusantara, 18 August 2025 cnbcindonesia.com · 1 linked claim

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Name not classified · cnbcindonesia.com
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2026-08-15
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2026-08-20
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Nusantara — Smart Forest Capital” — Nusantara, Indonesia. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/nusantara-capital/ (last verified 2026-08-15). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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