Thailand halts 49 data center projects as power and water strain Southeast Asia
11/07/2026 — 11/07, 18:18·1 sources (all)·1 reports (all)
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- Thailand suspended construction of 49 data center projects in September 2026 and deferred approval of another 117, citing insufficient detai…
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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. However, as the year progressed, what once seemed like a new industrial juggernaut ground to a halt. In September 2026, Thailand paused construction on 49 datacentre projects and delayed approvals for another 117, citing insufficient detail for regulation and monitoring. Elsewhere in the region, Indonesia's West Java province halted a datacentre project because its permitting and environmental assessments were incomplete. Power and water constraints are now pressuring what only months earlier looked like unstoppable growth across Southeast Asia.
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Thailand paused construction on 49 datacentre projects and approval decisions on 117 more in September 2026 over insufficient detail for regulation and monitoring, The Guardian reports. In Indonesia, the governor of West Java halted a datacentre project over missing permits and an incomplete environmental assessment.
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