Telecommunications Licensing And Data Centers In Thailand

With changes in Thailand's law and policy on foreign satellites (please see https://fosrlaw.com/foreign-satellite-services-in-thailand/), political and legal issues involving restrictions on the export of computer chips for artificial intelligence (for more information on Thailand's current AI policy, please see https://fosrlaw.com/ai-machine-learning-and-big-data-2023-thailand/), there is increased interest in building and operating data centres in Thailand. Indeed, Thailand's well-known "Eastern Economic Corridor", where auto manufacturers have long operated, is now being further developed to stimulate the construction of data centres.

"Data centre services" is not explicitly defined under Thailand's telecommunication law. As per our previous article on Thailand's telecommunication law (please see https://fosrlaw.com/thailands-telecommunications-business-act/), the definition of "telecommunication service" refers to the various means through which information is