Microsoft plans $1 billion investment in Thailand: government
By
Binu Mathew
Microsoft announced Tuesday it plans to invest more than $1 billion in cloud and AI data centre infrastructure and operations in Thailand over the next two years.
As demand for artificial intelligence heats up, tech giants are racing to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia, attracted by a growing plugged-in user base.
New data centres — warehouse-like facilities that store online files and power AI tools from chatbots to image generators — are springing up worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly fast in Asia.
