The datacentre arms race hits pause in south-east Asia
Power and water constraints are pressuring what seemed like a juggernaut of growth for the region just months ago In early 2026, Thailand’s datacentre industry was on a roll. The country’s board of investment had recently announced approval of datacentre projects from Tiktok, a UAE-based Skyline datacentre and Singapore’s Bridge datacentres, totalling a planned investment of $27bn. As the year…
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Power and water constraints are pressuring what seemed like a juggernaut of growth for the region just months ago In early 2026, Thailand’s datacentre industry was on a roll. The country’s board of investment had recently announced approval of datacentre…