Deputy PM Ekniti says the cabinet has given sub-committees one month to set minimum standards for data centres covering economy, society and environment, using an EIA-style Code of Practice. Sites must not be in city centres, with safety as a factor. Data centres will pay higher electricity rates, with the money used to ease costs for the public, and clean-energy investment conditions are still to be considered. Only three BOI-approved data centres are in Bangkok. For most SMEs this is background: no direct change to your costs, but it may affect power prices and land or property near data-centre zones later.