Unauthorized has seen a big influx of investment from information centre providers, with two Japan-based corporations investing a mixed US$164 million in the country. This comes as digital transformation and cloud computing proceed to develop exponentially.
Telehouse lately launched its first Thai knowledge centre, investing US$74 million within the venture. Meanwhile, NTT invested three billion baht via its subsidiary, NTT Global Data Centers Corporation, to develop its largest information centre in Thailand, set to start operations within the second half of 2024.
Major world cloud and knowledge centre suppliers have been expanding their presence in Thailand for several years. Early buyers included Tencent Cloud, Huawei, and NTT, with Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud joining the fray last year.
In May, Telehouse, which is 66% owned by KDDI, opened its first knowledge centre in Thailand on Rama IX Road in Bangkok. The facility is the company’s third in Southeast Asia and covers a building space of 9,000 sq. metres with a 9.5 megavolt amperes energy capacity.
Ken Miyashita, managing director of Telehouse (Thailand), stated the company aims to provide safe and dependable data centre companies and turn out to be a connectivity hub in Southeast Asia. Telehouse Thailand currently has over 10 companions supporting the ecosystem of “interconnection” within the data centre, including telecom operators, cloud, and content material suppliers.
In March, NTT announced a three billion baht investment through NTT Global Data Centers Corporation to develop its newest and largest knowledge centre in Thailand. The BKK3 facility will provide a maximum IT capacity of 12 megawatts across roughly 4,000 sq m of IT house when absolutely built out.
Takeshi Kimura, managing director of NTT Global Data Centers Holding Asia Pte, emphasised the speedy adjustments in financial activity primarily based on digital infrastructure in South Asia. The firm plans to increase additional within the region to support the expansion of Thailand’s digital economy, together with the surge in digital transactions and data consumption.
Sutas Kongdumrongkiat, chief government of NTT in Thailand, highlighted the rising significance of infrastructure for top quantity real-time data transmission because the country progresses with digital transformation. He also noted the expected progress in demand for data storage and managed hosting providers throughout Thailand.
The new information centre aligns with NTT Group’s “Green Innovation” vision for 2040, aiming to attain net-zero emissions throughout its operations by 2030 and its worth chain by 2040. This is consistent with Thailand’s dedication to attaining net-zero emissions by 2050..