Thailand has 73 operating data centres, about 63% of them in Bangkok, per Kasikorn Research. The state is moving to tighten zoning, safety and water rules, and to set a separate electricity tariff for data centres. The article estimates that a 1 baht/unit rise in the data-centre rate would add about 10-14 million baht a year per average 1.2 MW Bangkok facility. For most SMEs this is background: it matters mainly if you supply, lease space to, or rely on data-centre hosting, or if you watch for how electricity tariffs are structured.
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