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Bangkok’s 34 data centres raise concerns over resource use and safety
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The siting of a data centre in central Bangkok near Praram 9 Hospital, along with concerns among nearby communities about a data centre in Hua Mak storing several hundred thousand litres of fuel, has prompted questions about how such facilities can be located in the capital.
Key facts
- Chaichanok Chidchob, Minister of Digital Economy and Society, said in an interview that data centres in Bangkok were located in areas where they were not permitted
- This is equivalent to the electricity used by the whole of Suphan Buri province in 2025 or by at least 247,200 households.
- Under Bangkok’s urban-planning rules, the Bangkok Comprehensive Plan 2013 does not prohibit the operation of electronic data-storage centres in very high-density residential zones, shown in brown, provided they comply with building-density
- Based on public information, media coverage and information from agencies and companies connected with data centres, JustPow found that 34 projects in Bangkok were identified as data centres
Summary
Chaichanok Chidchob, Minister of Digital Economy and Society, said in an interview that data centres in Bangkok were located in areas where they were not permitted. Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, meanwhile, announced that he had ordered a halt to new data centre permits in Bangkok and that urban-planning law and the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process would be reviewed.
JustPow examined how many data centres already operate in Bangkok, how many more are expected and where they are located.