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Raid by authorities sees illegal migrant workers arrested at under-construction data center site in Rayong, Thailand
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Twenty-four illegal migrant workers were arrested after a raid on a data center construction site in the Ban Chang District of Rayong, Thailand.
Key facts
- The data center site was previously a golf course situated on a plot of more than 160,000 sqm (1.72 million sq ft) in Village 6 (MOO 6) in Tambon Ban Chang in Rayong’s Ban Chang District
- In August 2025, the data center company announced plans to invest $2bn in data centers in Thailand, including a computing cluster in Rayong
- The Chinese-run data center construction site was raided at about 10 am on Tuesday this week by police officials from the Provincial Employment Office, as reported by the Bangkok Post
- Those arrested comprised 20 Myanmar nationals and four Chinese nationals
Summary
The Chinese-run data center construction site was raided at about 10 am on Tuesday this week by police officials from the Provincial Employment Office, as reported by the Bangkok Post. Those arrested comprised 20 Myanmar nationals and four Chinese nationals. Legal proceedings have begun, with immigration police contacted to carry out deportation procedures. An initial inspection of the site found more than 400 people allegedly working on the under-construction data center project who were living at a camp set up for construction workers.