CtrlS to set up first major data centre campus in Thailand

CtrlS has signed a MoU with the National Telecom Public Company. This collaboration will help the company to setup its upcoming 150-MW data centre campus, which is expected to be constructed at the Eastern Economic Corridor in Chonburi, Thailand.   

With the greenfield data center campus in Thailand, CtrlS sets its footprint in international market as well as its first hyperscale data center campus in Thailand.   

In July, CtrlS signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Eastern Economic Corridor Office to lease a land for setting up the major data center campus. 

CtrlS is building a hyperscale data center campus with a design capacity of up to 150 MW in Chonburi, Thailand, and NT will be one of the partners for Network/Connectivity. CtrlS and NT are entering into a collaboration of convergence of data center colocation services, cable landing station (CLS), network connectivity hub, and various cloud-based services, known as Convergence of DCT (Data Center, CLS & Terrestrial). 

CtrlS’ datacenter site at EEC offers proximity to submarine cable landing stations for the existing AAG (Asia-America Gateway) cable system and the upcoming ADC (Asia Direct Cable) cable system, to be launched in the first quarter of next year, making this data center a nodal point of interconnection equipped with submarine and terrestrial cable networks to connect to other data centers & industrial estates. It is also close to the EEC startup incubator and is away from flood-prone regions (with Mean Sea Level >40m). 

Speaking on the MoU, Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, CtrlS Datacenters, said, “Through this collaboration, we aim to serve customers’ needs for digital services, both domestic and international. The data center is designed to serve hyperscaler needs in addition to serving the high-end IT/computing needs of domestic enterprises. We see this data center as a unique opportunity to contribute towards the development of Thailand’s eastern region and offer a robust diverse option for international customers and partners for establishing their footprint in the country and region.” 

National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT), a provider of data communication networks both domestically and internationally, has developed telecommunication infrastructure services in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).

Colonel Sanpachai Huvanandana, President and CEO of NT, said “NT is very pleased to cooperate with CtrlS in building this datacenter campus, which is the first hyperscale datacenter campus in the eastern region of Thailand. This MoU marks the commitment to upgrade the telecommunications network and support the use of digital technology for the industrial sector in the Eastern Economic Corridor (ECC) through both parties’ strengths in resource, expertise, and infrastructure.” 

“This will in turn push Thailand to become an attractive economic center for investors in various industrial sectors and support digital investors in Thailand and from abroad to invest in businesses related to various technologies such as 5G, AI, Cloud, IoT, Smart City, and Big Data, as well as being a business destination for global content operators.”, he added.