BANGKOK (Reuters) -Microsoft will open its first regional information centre in Thailand, the tech big mentioned on Wednesday, because it seems to be to spice up availability of cloud companies.
The information comes a day after Chief Executive Satya Nadella introduced investments value $1.7 billion investments in synthetic intelligence (AI) and cloud amenities in neighbouring Indonesia.
“The datacenter region will expand the availability of Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud services,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
“What that means it that is not only do you have full capability of Azure in Thailand, but the best world-class AI infrastructure,” Nadella mentioned at an occasion in Bangkok, the capital, referring to the corporate’s cloud computing platform.
The Thailand information centre will even assist enterprise-grade reliability, efficiency, and compliance with information residency and privateness requirements, Microsoft (NASDAQ:) added within the assertion.
The information centre was according to Thailand’s intention to turn into a digital economic system hub, Prime Minister Srettha Thaivisin mentioned.
“Microsoft’s investment is an important turning point in the development of Thailand’s digital economy, increasing competitiveness,” Srettha posted on social media, including that it could gas financial progress.
Microsoft has pledged to coach 2.5 million individuals in Southeast Asia in using AI by 2025.