Microsoft said it will open its first regional data centre in Thailand in order to boost availability of cloud services.
The datacenter region will expand the availability of Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud services in Thailand. Microsoft did not reveal financial details.
“What that means it that is not only do you have full capability of Azure in Thailand, but the best world-class AI infrastructure,” Microsoft Satya Nadella said at an event in Bangkok.
The Thailand data centre will also help enterprise-grade reliability, performance, and compliance with data residency and privacy standards.
The data centre was in line with Thailand’s aim to become a digital economy hub, Prime Minister Srettha Thaivisin said.
Microsoft has pledged to train 2.5 million people in Southeast Asia in the use of AI by 2025.
Earlier, Satya Nadella announced investments worth $1.7 billion investments in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud facilities in Indonesia.
