Bridge Data Centres (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (BDC) has last week signed an industrial water purchase agreement with Eastwater Stecon Utilities Co., Ltd. (EWS), to purchase water supply for BDC’s upcoming hyperscale data centre campus in Chonburi Province over the next 10 years from May 2026, according to the press releases of both BDC and Stecon Group.
EWS is a joint venture between Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Public Company Limited (Eastwater) and Stecon Power Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Stecon Group Public Company Limited (Stecon Group).
Under this contract, EWS will produce and supply industrial-grade water from its centralized water production plant to support BDC’s data-center operations, while Eastwater will be responsible for providing the raw water to EWS. The contract covers a 10-year period, with a maximum water demand of 3.3 million cubic meters per year (averaging 9,000 cubic meters per day), and scheduled water delivery to commence in May 2026.
BDC’s upcoming hyperscale data center is located in Khlong Tamru Subdistrict, Mueang District, Chonburi Province, spanning about 100 rai (about 16 hectares). Phase 1 of the facility offers power capacity of about 200 MW, supported by a total investment of about US$ 1.2 billion, the press releases state. The project has received investment promotion approval from Thailand’s Board of Investment, highlighting its importance to the country’s digital infrastructure development.
BDC has in March secured USD 2.8 billion in bank financing —one of the largest funding rounds for a data centre operator in the region.
“We are honoured to partner with EWS as their first data centre client, securing a robust and sustainable water supply for our Chonburi hyperscale campus. As we continue expanding our data centre footprint in Thailand, a stable utility ecosystem is key to delivering world-class digital infrastructure that supports artificial intelligence and computing strategies along with the nation’s digital transformation ambitions,” said Eric Fan, CEO, Bridge Data Centres.
Sampan Chanaburanasak, Director, STECON Power, said, “This collaboration highlights EWS and the Eastwater Group’s role as a leading integrated water-management provider and reflects confidence in our water-management capability. BDC will benefit from a safe, high-quality, and uninterrupted water supply that complies with international sustainability and safety standards. More importantly, this partnership demonstrates our shared commitment to building a holistic and sustainable ecosystem to support Thailand’s data centre industry.”
Bodin Udon, President and CEO of East Water, said: “At Eastwater, our core mission is to ensure water security for the sustainable development of Thailand’s Eastern Region and the country as a whole. Over the past 33 years, we have developed an extensive raw-water transmission network across key areas of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), enabling industries, government agencies, and communities to access a quality and reliable water supply. The expansion into industrial water production for today’s data center project marks a new dimension of our mission — one that represents ‘utilities for the industries of the future’.”
Headquartered in Singapore, BDC has investments and operations spanning several countries in Asia. In Thailand, BDC entered the market through its 2022 acquisition of WHA Bangkok Data Centre (BKK01), located in Bang Phli, Samut Prakan Province, with an initial capacity of 450 kilowatts.