GDS to develop hyperscale data centre park in Thailand

GDS International has announced plans to invest US$1 billion to develop a hyperscale data centre park in Thailand.

Earlier this week, GDS announced its official entry into Thailand with a committed investment of up to US$1 billion over five years for a data centre park.

GDS in Thailand

The announcement was made during a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on Tuesday.

No specifics were given, so this should be considered an early-stage data centre project. But the move is approved at the highest levels.

• Approved by Thailand Board of Investments (BOI).
• Located at Amata City Chonburi Industrial Park.
• Access to renewable in terms of floating solar.
• Close to subsea landing stations.

The stated goal: Build a cutting-edge data centre park to meet Thailand's cloud and AI needs and foster its data centre ecosystem.

Thailand data centres

Thailand has a fairly mature data centre ecosystem, and I've written about it for years. However, it has not developed as quickly as various officials and data centre operators envisioned.

This could be changing though.

In terms of capacity in Southeast Asia, I see Thailand and the Philippines coming in just behind Johor and Indonesia in terms of growth.

Thailand has many things going for it:

• Strong digital economy of 70 million.
• Strategic location to China, India.
• Supportive government policies.

GDS International

GDS International is growing quickly with a strong presence across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Japan.

GDS currently has 480MW of data centres under construction or operation. Another 590MW is available for future development.

• In Singapore, GDS in October acquired a three-story warehouse with a seven-story ancillary office block at 21 Jalan Buroh from CapitaLand.
• It plans to convert the warehouse into a data centre per DC-CFA, with the first phase going live in Q4 2026. It says the 20MW facility has potential for future capacity scaling.