Google commits $1 billion to boosting AI in Thailand

Google has pledged to invest 36 billion baht ($1 billion USD) into Thailand to build a data center to support the demand for AI and cloud services in Southeast Asia.

The announcement came on Monday (September 30) with the first data center to be located in Chonburi, on the country’s eastern coast.

This news comes after Google Cloud shared plans in August of 2022 to bring its first cloud region to Thailand. When this is launched, it’ll be situated in Bangkok.

On Google’s Thailand blog, the technology giant says this “will make it easier and faster for public sector organizations, small businesses, start-ups, and large enterprises to benefit from Google Cloud’s on-demand compute and AI/ML resources.”

The cloud region will be able to deliver high-performance and low-latency services “offering customers key controls that allow them to maintain the highest security, data residency, and compliance standards, including specific data storage requirements.”

Google ประกาศแผนลงทุนกว่า 3.6 หมื่นล้านบาท ร่วมกับรัฐบาลไทย ลงทุนในโครงสร้างพื้นฐานอย่าง Data Center และ Cloud Region พร้อมเปิดโอกาสให้คนไทยทุกคนเข้าถึงทักษะด้าน AI ได้มากขึ้น