Tech giants are increasing their investment in Thailand’s data infrastructure, with the Board of Investment (BOI) recently authorising funding for two large data centre projects worth more than THB 60 billion ($1.7 billion). These programs seek to strengthen Thailand’s capacity in data services throughout Southeast Asia.
Quartz Computing, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.—the US-based corporation and parent company of Google—plans to invest THB 32.76 billion to build a cutting-edge data centre in Chonburi province. This centre, which will be Google’s fifth in Asia, is part of Google’s aim to improve its regional cloud network and is expected to be completed in early 2027.
Another big investment comes from Digitalland Services, a subsidiary of China-based technology company GDS. GDS, which is well-known for its robust data centre operations in China and Southeast Asia, has committed THB 28 billion to create a hyperscale data centre in Chonburi, which is expected to open in 2026.
The BOI stated that these hyperscale centres, which have superior data processing and cloud service capabilities, will help Thailand become ASEAN’s data centre services hub. As of now, 47 data centre and cloud services projects worth more than THB 173 billion have sought BOI funding, with firms from the United States, China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, and India expressing interest.
