Bangkok, Nov. 12 -- The Thai Government has approved new criteria to regulate data centre operations amid rapid growth in the sector, fuelled by investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital economy infrastructure.
The new rules focus on controlling investment scale, electricity and water consumption, environmental impacts, and preventing investors from reserving resource quotas beyond their actual needs.
Under the policy approved by the Cabinet on November 10, data centres are classified into seven categories based on electricity capacity, ranging from below 0.5 MW to 200 MW or more. Facilities with capacity below 20 MW (categories 2-4) may be located in areas zoned for commercial use and are not required to operate within indus...