Why Thailand’s data center map will diverge from Malaysia
In Thailand, power is the real constraint and the biggest factor in site selection, not just land, says Sam Lu, Senior Business Development Manager, Italthai Engineering, in a recent Linkedin post. ”Grid capacity, transmission availability, permitting, land readiness, and utility coordination will become the real factors shaping the market,” he wrote. Consequently, Thailand’s data center […]
Thailand’s richest man plans to spend US$ 4.3 billion to build data centers up to 2,000MW
Thailand’s richest man, Sarath Ratanavadi, plans to invest about 140 billion baht (US$ 4.3 billion) to add 2,000 megawatts of data center capacity over the next five years, according to reports. Sarath’s company, Gulf Development Pcl, which is also the country’s largest power producer, is currently operating 200MW of combined capacity with its partners. The firm plans to […]
Japan’s Datasection bets on dominance with GPU supercluster ambitions
Datasection, a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company that until recently was known primarily for data analytics and marketing services, recently posted revenues of JPY 33.6 billion (approximately USD 217 million) for the fiscal year ended March 2026 – a 933% increase on the prior year – almost entirely on the back of a pivot into AI […]
Gorilla Technology buys 40 acres land in Thailand for 200MW AI data center
London-headquartered security intelligence specialist Gorilla Technology Group has last week announced that it has acquired 40 acres of land in Thailand to develop a 200 MW AI data center campus to meet growing Southeast Asian compute demand. Located in Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima), the campus will comprise six data halls, five of which will have about […]
Tik Tok leads Thailand BOI approvals with US$25 billion investment
TikTok leads with US$25 billion investment out of US$29 billion in major projects approved by Thailand’s Board of Investment (BOI) recently. The TikTok System (Thailand) Co., Ltd., project will install additional servers and expand data storage and processing infrastructure across Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Chachoengsao Province, in addition to developing digital literacy and e-commerce curricula to support rising demand for digital […]
Digital Edge and B.Grimm Power secure Thailand’s largest data center loan of US$ 880 million to finance buildout
Singapore-based Digital Edge and Thai power producer B.Grimm Power yesterday announced they have jointly secured a US$ 880 million green loan – the largest financing ever secured for a data center project in Thailand – to finance the development of the joint venture’s 100MW BKK Campus in Chonburi. The transaction marks the latest milestone of Digital Edge’s […]
Empyrion Digital debuts in Thailand with 20MW AI-ready data center
Empyrion Digital, a Singapore-headquartered data centre platform has broken ground today at its first data centre in Thailand. Located in Bang Na, an emerging connectivity hub in Bangkok, the 20 MW data center is expected to go live in Q3 2027. TH1, located on a site spanning over 17,000 square metre, has already secured power and […]
True IDC breaks ground on US$ 2.4 billion data center in Thailand
Thailand-based True Internet Data Center Co., Ltd. (True IDC), has broken ground on a 250 MW AI hyperscale data center to be built at a cost of 77 billion THB (US$ 2.36 billion) within the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). According to the company’s recent press release, the first phase of the Board of Investment (BOI)-approved […]
Microsoft plans to invest US$ 1 billion from 2026 to 2028 to advance AI in Thailand
Microsoft plans to invest more than US$ 1 billion from 2026 to 2028 in cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand, and upskill 150,000 workers, the firm says in a press release recently. Following a meeting between Microsoft’s Vice Chair and President Brad Smith and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, the firm announced several investments as part […]
Gulf Group, Google Cloud partner to drive AI transformation in Thailand
Gulf Edge Company Limited (Gulf Edge), the digital infrastructure arm of Gulf Group, and Google Cloud last week signed a partnership agreement for the latter to provide AI infrastructure services to Gulf Group and its affiliates, including AIS. The move is significant as Gulf Group’s chief executive officer, Sarath Ratanavadi, an energy tycoon, seeks to […]