NTT acquires land for fifth data centre in Thailand
NTT's fifth data centre in the country is the latest sign of Chonburi's rise as a regional hotspot.
NTT Global Data Centers this week announced that it is acquiring land for a fifth data centre in Thailand. The land, acquired from Amata Corporation, is in Chonburi, a province in eastern Thailand and a rapidly growing data centre hotspot.
A fifth data centre
NTT says the purchase will support the development of the new Bangkok 5 (BKK5) Data Center. From my research, its current data centres in Thailand are:
- BKK1 in Bangkok (1.6MW)
- BKK2 launched in 2015 (3.6MW)
- BKK3 broke ground in 2024 (12MW)
- BKK4 due to launch in Q2 2027
In recent years, NTT Global Data Centers has picked up the pace of its development in Thailand. BKK2, BKK3, BKK4, and BKK5 are all located in Chonburi as part of the NTT GDC Chonburi campus.
Details of the planned BKK5 data centre have not been shared.
Fast growth in Thailand
NTT isn't alone in ramping up in Thailand. Back in November, the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) approved a 12MW data centre by Telehouse (KDDI), an 80MW facility by Vistas (ZDATA), an 84MW data centre by NextGen (DAMAC), and a 200MW data centre by Zenith. That was 376MW of capacity approved in a single week, and it was merely the latest round of data centre investments among several such announcements last year.
Thailand already hosts major cloud operators from both East and West, some of which have previously announced plans for massive data centres. The country is clearly entering a new phase.
As I wrote last year, Thailand is entering a breakout phase. Multiple major players have announced their entry, with many well-established names building hyperscale facilities at unprecedented scale.
After years of middling data centre growth, Thailand's recent rapid expansion is drawing comparisons to Johor, with signs of similar hypergrowth emerging. What might the next few years bring?
