Google Cloud announced Wednesday the launch of its new cloud region in Thailand with $1 billion investment.

The firm said in a statement on Wednesday that this significant milestone alongside the company’s strategic initiatives like PanyaThAI, ChaiyoGCP, and plans for a new connectivity hub in South Thailand, underscores Google’s deep, long-term commitment toward advancing the country’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital economy.

As part of Google’s $1 billion investment to expand its world-class technical infrastructure into Thailand, this new cloud region in Bangkok offers high-performance, in-country Google Cloud services that empower organizations to drive new competitive advantages, uplift workforce productivity, and enhance public services.

In addition, over the next five years, the Bangkok cloud region is expected to contribute THB 1.4 trillion ($41 billion) in economic value to Thailand and support an average of 130,000 jobs per year.

“Our new Thailand cloud region brings the same world-class infrastructure that powers Google’s global services directly to Thai enterprises, startups, and public sector institutions,

“With access to Google Cloud’s leading cloud and AI technologies, we’re giving Thai organizations a foundation for growth in the AI era, allowing them to innovate faster with greater control over their data,” said Karthik Narain, Chief Product and Business Officer, Google Cloud.

It is noted for the public sector and regulated industries like financial services, the Bangkok cloud region serves as the trusted foundation for secure and compliant innovation.

It consists of interconnected compute capacity located in-country, directly addressing data residency requirements that have previously been a barrier to cloud adoption.

With the ability to store and process specified data within Thailand’s borders—underpinned by default, multi-layered data encryption—these organizations can now confidently embrace Google Cloud services at scale.

This allows them to accelerate transformation while maintaining full alignment with local regulations, including the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).

With three zones, the new cloud region ensures that Thai organizations’ mission-critical systems remain robust and reliable.

It is also noted that research reveals that by transitioning from on-premises environments to Google Cloud, the average Thai organization can reduce unplanned application downtime by more than 50 percent.

“KBTG is on a mission to become the region’s premier technology organization, and Google’s new cloud region in Thailand is the catalyst for advancing that ambition,

“First, the reduced network latency and enhanced performance it delivers will enable faster, highly responsive digital banking services for our users,” said Voranuch Dejakaisaya, Executive Chairman, KASIKORN Business-Technology Group (KBTG).

“Second, it streamlines our compliance with the Bank of Thailand’s (BOT) regulatory standards, providing us with robust control over data residency and privacy,

“Finally, it allows us to optimize our cloud architecture for cost efficiency while maintaining the highest security standards, ultimately empowering us to accelerate our pace of innovation to deliver tangible value for the people of Thailand,” she added.

According to the statement, the Bangkok cloud region is integrated with Google’s planet-scale network, which spans more than 200 countries and territories and 7.75 million kilometers of terrestrial and subsea cable fiber, including the recently announced TalayLink subsea cable that will connect Australia and Thailand.

This network’s high-bandwidth and millisecond-level latency connectivity enables organizations to deliver ultra-fast application response times and richer digital experiences to their end-users in Thailand.

In conjunction with the launch of its new cloud region, Google Cloud also announced that Thai developers have completed more than 110,000 hands-on training labs through its ChaiyoGCP program.

Notably, more than 70 percent of labs completed in Thailand in the past year have been AI-focused, highlighting local developers’ dedication to strengthening their proficiency in using AI platforms and tools like Vertex AI, Google AI Studio, Google Antigravity, Gemini Code Assist, and Gemini CLI.

Looking ahead, ChaiyoGCP plans to increase the number of completed labs to at least 125,000 in the first half of 2026 through further engagements with six Google Developer Groups in Thailand.

To advance national upskilling in AI, Google has also launched Google Skills, a new training platform that is available for free and brings together more than 3,000 courses and labs in one place, including content from across Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, Grow with Google, and Google for Education.

These talent development initiatives address recent research findings, which found that 86 percent of Thais are interested in additional training to apply AI more effectively in their job roles.

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