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Thailand on Monday approved four data centre projects worth $3.1 billion in investment as well as new measures to kickstart projects that have already been approved, the Board of Investment said. The investments included an 84-megawatt (MW) data centre valued at 26.7 billion baht from Dubai’s DAMAC Digital and another hyperscale data centre project with […]

The government has pledged to utilise the Fast Pass system to expedite permit approvals — including those for water and electricity connections — in order to increase investments. Speaking at the “Thailand Future Signal 2026” seminar, organised by iBusiness and held on Monday, Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said Thailand and other Asean member states are

Analysts expect the Thai equity market to stage a meaningful rebound in the fourth quarter, supported by stronger earnings from listed companies, an improving global risk appetite, and easing geopolitical tensions between the US and China. Clearer signals that the US Federal Reserve may begin cutting interest rates again in early December are also stimulating

Thailand’s total investment applications rose by 94% year-on-year to a value of 1.37 trillion baht (US$41.8 billion) in the first nine months of 2025, led by projects in the digital and electronics sectors, the Board of Investment (BOI) said on Wednesday. Of the total, projects worth 985 billion baht ($30 billion) were from foreign companies,

Applications for investment promotion from January to September soared by 94% in value year-on-year to a combined 1.37 trillion baht, the highest level on record, says the Board of Investment (BoI). The increase was mostly driven by large foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in target sectors, including digital and manufacturing of smart electronics components and

Renewed US-China trade tensions sparked a massive sell-off in the crypto market last month, with Bitcoin plunging from UScopy22,000 to copy07,000 at one point, but analysts are referring to it as a “deep but temporary” reset, adding the bull cycle is not over yet. Global crypto markets were rocked in October as renewed US-China trade

Readiness, unified quality data, the resilience of cybersecurity, and high-performance modernised infrastructure are the driving forces behind successfully implementing enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) projects, according to NetApp, a data infrastructure company. “Thailand’s digital ambitions under the Thailand 4.0 framework have made AI a national priority. As enterprises look to scale AI across operations, success will

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) warned the tariff-hit country is suffering a deeper-than-expected downturn, with the economy having likely posted its first quarterly contraction since the end of 2022. The Thai central bank revised down its third-quarter output projection to minus 0.5% from the second quarter, according to the latest forecasts published Wednesday. It now

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