Enterprise companies are the foundation of the datacenter/cloud ecosystem. How will their needs of infrastructure change as their digital transformation and uptake of 5G progresses?  How will colocation and cloud providers need to adapt to their central role in the process of digital transformation? What will be the investment priorities in order to  develop and maintain the services and infrastructure? How will this impact providers and clients?

Modular has long been a principle of design and construction since it has enabled greater speed and convenience in that process. How is ‘modular thinking’ adapting to the barrage of requirements that have emerged over the past couple of years? What lies ahead for modular?

Not only are the number of datacenters in Thailand increasing but so are the power densities of existing datacenters as they need to provide capacity for increasing demand. How is it possible to increase densities without compromising existing operations? What on-prem and outsourcing options should be looked at?  

Slowly but surely, power into data centers is moving away from reliance on fossil fuels delivered via a central grid. Generation is becoming more localized and renewable sources of energy now preferred. How far are Thailand’s data centers moving along this path and what is driving them in this direction? 

The pandemic saw a growth in automation inside data centers simply to reduce contact between humans but that was merely the acceleration of a process already in place caused by skills shortage, labour costs and the increasing consequences of error. How quickly and how effectively are automation, software and tech being adopted into Thailand’s data centers?

The evolution of cyber-crime and the increasing threat it represents to datacenter and cloud services means that protection is no longer just an IT and networks responsibility. What are the threat profiles of local datacenters? And what strategies should be considered in order that defense can be proactive? What will be the role of people, management systems, and digital strategies in fighting an ever-present threat?     

As the number of cloud services and delivery models available to businesses in Thailand increases, so can the difficulty of making the correct choices between them. Concerns remain still about deploying cloud in terms of cost, service levels, control and visibility. What are the key questions to be asked when procuring cloud and how do you make best use of the answers? 

What are some of the key cooling and heat removal technologies that we can expect to see come onto the market in Thailand? Which will contribute most to the challenges faced by data centers in India? How will they do so?

As Thailand moves through the gears of digital evolution, what role will Edge play in this?  And what configurations will be most important since Edge represents a number of approaches to computing away from the processing/network core and a number of different architectures?  How might Edge help economic activity across Thailand and deliver digital services to more remote communities and projects?  

As more companies continue to digitise and move their business online, what is the future for the cloud? Is public or private cloud the way to go? What new innovations are changing the shape of the cloud? What security challenges are faced when moving to the cloud?