Google to invest $1 bln in developing data center in Thailand
Alphabet Inc's Google announced on Monday that it will invest $1 billion in Thailand to build a data center and cloud region to meet growing cloud demand and support artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in Southeast Asia.
Google will invest $1 billion in Thailand to build a data center and cloud region. Photo courtesy of Vietnam News Agency.
The investment will create an average of 14,000 jobs annually until 2029, Google said.
Google stressed that its cloud and data center infrastructure in Bangkok and Chon Buri will help meet growing demand for Google Cloud capabilities and AI innovations, and the company’s popular digital services - such as Search, Maps, and Google Workspace.
The data center will be located in an industrial estate in Chon Buri, while the Google cloud region, which consists of hardware and software dedicated to providing services to private and public sector entities, will be in the capital Bangkok.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said Google's investment was "perfectly aligned" with the Southeast Asian nation's Cloud First Policy.
The same day, Paetongtarn met with Ruth Porat, President & Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet Inc. and Google, to discuss cooperation in technology. The discussion also touched on Google's investment plan for digital infrastructure development in the country.
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