Thailand Invests $3.1 Billion to Boost Data Center Development
The Thai Board of Investment (BOI) has approved four new data center projects with a total investment of 100 billion baht (approximately $3.1 billion) to position Thailand as a major digital infrastructure hub in Southeast Asia and catch up with regional leaders Singapore and Malaysia.
The committee announced in a statement on Monday that two of the investments were hyperscale data centers specifically for supporting AI workloads.
The first facility will be constructed by NextGen Data Center and Cloud Services, a subsidiary of DAMAC Digital, a major data center service provider in Dubai. This 84-megawatt hyperscale data center, valued at 26.7 billion baht (826.42 million USD), will be built in the Nawana Kon Industrial Park in Pathum Thani Province. Local investor Zenith Data Center and Cloud Services will establish a 200-megawatt hyperscale data center at the same site, with an investment of 54.9 billion baht (1.7 billion USD).
The other two investors are Telehouse (Thailand), a subsidiary of Japan’s KDDI Corporation, and Vistas Technology, a subsidiary of China’s ZDATA Technologies, which will respectively construct their own data center facilities in the Huai Khwang District of Bangkok and the Amphoe Chonburi Industrial Park in Chonburi Province.
Telehouse has committed to invest 7.55 billion baht (233.64 million USD) to construct a new 12-megawatt data center adjacent to its existing facility in Bangkok. Meanwhile, Vistas Technology has allocated 9.9 billion baht (306.39 million USD) for its 80-megawatt data center. This marks the second data center project approved by the BOI for Vistas Technology.
BOI Chairman Narit Therdsteerasukdi stated: “Thailand is actively positioning itself as a key hub for mega data centers in Southeast Asia. These approvals reflect our commitment to driving world-class digital infrastructure investments.”
Restart Stalled Projects
Meanwhile, the BOI issued licenses for six stalled data center projects with a total value of $9.2 billion to restart construction. These licenses aim to reduce delays related to power supply, acquisition of industrial land, and the issuance of visas and work permits.
Therdsteerasukdi stated: “This will enhance investors’ confidence in Thailand’s investment framework and contribute to job creation and broader economic growth.”
Since 2024, as major global tech companies such as AWS, Google, Microsoft, and ByteDance have made significant commitments to Thailand’s digital infrastructure, the country’s data center investment momentum has continued to strengthen.
In the first half of 2025 alone, BOI data showed that the data center industry received a total investment of 521.2 billion baht (16.13 billion USD) from 28 projects.
The BOI’s approval of these investments is part of a broader strategy to position Thailand as a digital infrastructure hub in Southeast Asia. The authorities aim for this strategy to enable Thailand to compete with neighboring countries like Singapore and Malaysia, which have been actively seeking investments in hyperscale data centers.
The newly constructed data center project in Thailand may meet the demand for data storage and cloud services both domestically and across the broader ASEAN region. Upon completion, the project will enhance Thailand’s capabilities in cloud computing and artificial intelligence while creating new employment opportunities.