In the blog post this week however, Google stated it would invest 36 billion Thai baht ($1 billion), into Thailand to build a new data centre, and it comes after cloud and AI rival Microsoft has also made similar heavy investments across Asia and other parts of the world. The tech giant confirmed in a Google Thailand blog post on Monday that it will invest $1 billion in Thailand to build a new data centre and accelerate AI growth. It comes after it was reported in August 2024 that Google was considering building a large data centre in Vietnam, in what would be the first such investment by a large US tech giant in that Southeast Asian nation. According to Google Translate version of the blog post by Jackie Wang (Google’s country boss), the new data centre will “help support the growing demand for Google Cloud and AI innovations, as well as popular Google services such as Google Search, Google Maps and Google Workspace”. Alphabet’s Google has confirmed a heavy investment in another Asian nation as it seeks to expanded its data centre footprint. Google’s $1 billion in Thailand is for the construction of its first data centre in that country, as well as an expansion of the country’s cloud infrastructure. Then in 2015 Google announced plans to build a second larger data centre in Singapore. The $1 billion investment from Google into Thailand is “also about unlocking new opportunities for businesses, educators and all Thais,” Wang said in the post.
This Cyber News was published on www.silicon.co.uk. Publication date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:43:05 +0000