Thailand halted more data centres than it has running

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Thailand has stopped construction on 49 data centres, which is more than it currently has running.

Anuchit Nguyen reported the suspension for Bloomberg on Friday, after the first meeting of a new supervision commission chaired by finance minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas. The country has 35 data centres in operation and 117 more waiting on investment approval.

The pause buys time to write rules. Danucha Pichayanan, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Council, said new regulations are expected within a month. Thailand will then put uniform oversight over facilities already running as well as those being built.

Public concern about what these buildings do to the places around them is what forced the meeting.

The loophole that triggered it

The reason this happened now sits a few paragraphs down in Bloomberg’s story, and it is the part worth keeping.

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