Gulf sees nation as data centre, cloud services hub

Thailand has the potential to become a hub for data centres and cloud services in Southeast Asia, due partly to the development of more facilities in this sector, says Gulf Development Plc, Thailand’s largest energy company by market value and a telecom operator.

- YUTHANA PRAIWAN

Gulf is among several companies that have announced plans to venture into the data centre sector to serve growing demand in the country.

The company aims to develop more data centres after recently opening a data centre with an IT load of 20 megawatts.

“The new data centres will have a combined capacity of 300MW,” said Yupapin Wangviwat, chief financial officer of Gulf.

She did not provide further details concerning the new data centre projects.

Data centres play an important role in supporting work in the private and state sectors, including medical services at hospitals.