Alphabet’s Google plans to invest $1 billion to build data centers in Thailand, joining global tech companies in adding cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Southeast Asia.
The company will add facilities in Bangkok and Chonburi, a province southeast of the capital. The investment could add $4 billion to Thailand’s economy by 2029 and support 14,000 jobs annually over the next five years, Google said on Monday, citing a Deloitte study.
The investment was unveiled by Google and Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thailand’s recently appointed prime minister, and underlined the drive by Southeast Asian governments to attract foreign technology companies. The region of about 675 million has long been seen as a tech hinterland and is quickly emerging as a growth opportunity for Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon, which are spending billions of dollars to expand AI data centers from Thailand and Malaysia to Singapore and Indonesia. .
