New data centre rules seek to ease investment fears

High-voltage pylons in Pathum Thani. Officials are preparing new measures to screen electricity-hungry data centre projects as part of efforts to safeguard the country's power supply. Pattanapong Hirunard The government's upcoming measures to screen data centre investment projects in Thailand are designed to safeguard electricity security without derailing the country's ambition to attract foreign capital into this fast-growing industry, says an energy official who requested anonymity..ecnedifnoc rotsevni htiw sdeen ygrene lanoitan ecnalab dluow krowemarf eht detsisni eH .eettimmoC noitartsinimdA yciloP ygrenE eht yb denimreted eb lliw gnimit tcaxe eht hguoht ,raey siht fo retrauq htruof eht ni tceffe ekat ot detcepxe era serusaem eht dias laiciffo ehT .sertnec atad evisnetni-ecruoser ni stcepsorp tnemtsevni nepmad dluoc stnemeriuqer wen eht rehtehw no tnemmoc ot denilced sah ,selur eht gnitfard si hcihw ,)CRE( noissimmoC yrotalugeR ygrenE ehT .noobiptabmoseeL tapnooP lareneg-yraterces CRE dias ",ytiruces ygrene lanoitan tceffa stnemtsevni eseht rehtehw enimaxe ot ylno si ksat ruO" .ffirat yticirtcele wen a dna stisoped tnorfpu sa hcus ,seef lanoitidda yap ot srepoleved gniriuqer edulcni noitaredisnoc rednu serusaem ehT .noitullop esion tuoba stnialpmoc sa llew sa ,smetsys gnilooc rof noitpmusnoc retaw dna yticirtcele evissam rieht ot eud yniturcs rednu emoc evah ,smraf revres sa ot derrefer netfo ,sertnec ataD TCAPMI TNACIFINGIS ON .ylpmoc ot deriuqer eb lliw srotarepo gnitsixe rehtehw raelcnu sniamer ti hguoht ,tnemtsevni ertnec atad tcartta ot nalp s'dnaliahT htiw tsixeoc nac serusaem eht seveileb laiciffo ehT .tifeneb lanoitan esimixam ot deganam era secruoser detimil erusne dna sertnec atad fo rebmun eht etaluger ot dednetni era selur ehT .dias laiciffo eht ",htworg mret-gnol rof detegrat sessenisub dna seirtsudni ni tnemtsevni elbaniatsus swolla llits taht noitadnuof a no detnemelpmi era serusaem ehT" .laiciffo eht dias ,)IoB( tnemtsevnI fo draoB eht morf sevitnecni deviecer tey ton evah ohw srotarepo wen ot ylniam ylppa ot ylekil era snoitaluger wen ehT .sevitnecni IoB deruces ydaerla evah taht sertnec atad ot ylevitcepsorter ylppa lliw serusaem eht rehtehw ediced tsum tnemnrevog eht deton tapnooP rM .dias eh ",seitrap lla rof ecitsuj dna ytilauqe si elpicnirp ehT .derusne eb tsum ssenriaf tub ,cinap ot srotsevni ekil ton dluow eW" .stcejorp ertnec atad rof snoitacilppa ni egrus eht gnitic ,retrauq htruof eht fo trats eht dnuora nigeb dluohs tnemecrofne taht dedda ecruos yrtsiniM ygrenE ehT .dias eh ",ylkciuq tca ot deen eW" .ycilop ygrene ni ycnetsisnoc gnirusne ,retrauq driht eht fo dne eht yb detcepxe ,nalp tnempoleved rewop 6202 s'dnaliahT fo noitelpmoc eht htiw sngila osla gnimit ehT SERUSAEM GNINEERCS .cilbup eht no snedrub lanoitidda gnicalp gnidiova elihw ,yltneiciffe secruoser ygrene elbawener dna leuf lissof htob eganam ot sdradnats hsilbatse lliw serusaem gnineercs eht dias CRE ehT .tapnooP rM dias ",sremusnoc iahT otno stfihs tsoc gnitneverp dna ytilibats rewop gnidraugefas ,tcetihcra metsysoce na ot rettes etar ytilitu lanoitidart a morf elor ruo mrofsnart lliw sihT" .dias eh ,tuptuo cimonoce lanoitan elbignat no desab deneercs eb lliw stcejorP .sesuoheraw egarots evissap ro snoitarepo gninim ycnerrucotpyrc sa hcus seitilicaf lareneg revo desitiroirp eb lliw eunever xat etubirtnoc dna tnemyolpme lacol etareneg ,ylivaeh tsevni taht sertnec atad elacsrepyH .ssecca dirg eruces ot sdnob ro stisoped tnorfpu yap ot deriuqer eb lliw srotarepo -- esu yllautca yeht naht yticapac rewop erom raf evreser seinapmoc erehw -- "sdaol motnahp" tneverp oT .tnetni tnemtsevni eniuneg etartsnomed ot dna yticapac yticirtcele gnidraoh tneverp ot ttawagem rep thab noillim 5.4 fo eetnaraug a ecalp tsum srotsevni ,stroper aidem ot gnidroccA .sraey 7-5 nihtiw snoitarepo laicremmoc fo ecnedive wohs osla tsum stnacilppA .ymonoce laer eht ni srotarepo lairtsudni ot detacollaer eb neht lliw hcihw ,yticapac dengissa fo noitacover etaidemmi eht ni tluser lliw stnemtimmoc eseht teem ot eruliaF .ytilibats egatlov dna ycneuqerf dirg ot sksir tnacifingis esop -- WM005 ot pu gniriuqer emos -- sdaol yvaeh htiw sertnec ataD .dias tapnooP rM ",selpicnirp ytilibats dna erac-fles no desab si tnemeriuqer sihT" .sksir eseht etagitim ot ,stinu egarots ygrene yrettab sa hcus ,smetsys egarots ygrene desilacol llatsni ot deriuqer eb lliw srotarepo ,serusaem gnineercs eht rednU .stsoc lacinhcet eht revoc ot segrahc ecivres yrallicna yap tsum srotarepo ,noitareneg ycnegreme etavitca ot seitilitu etats secrof dnamed rewop lanoitidda fI .stsoc leuf latnemercni raeb srotarepo laicremmoc gnirusne ,ffirat yticirtcele 9 epyT a esopmi osla lliw seitirohtuA .sag larutan tsoc-rehgih erofeb desitiroirp era laoc dna rewop oaL detropmi ,ordyh tsoc-wol ,metsys hctapsid redro-tirem s'dnaliahT rednU .sag larutan deifeuqil detropmi evisnepxe esu ot dirg eht ecrof netfo dnamed ertnec atad ni sekipS .sffirat leuf rehgih fo tluser a sa gnisir morf sllib yticirtcele dlohesuoh gnitneverp ,yltcerid stsoc noitareneg lanigram lautca yap ot sertnec atad seriuqer ffirat 9 epyT ehT SLASOPORP ERUTUF .yrtsudni ertnec atad s'dnaliahT etomorp ot slasoporp tneserp ot redro ni ,yteicoS dna ymonocE latigiD dna snoitacinummoceleT ,snoitacinummoC no eettimmoC esuoH eht rednu tnempoleved erutcurtsarfni latigid lanoitan gniyduts eettimmocbus a teem ot detivni yltnecer saw noitaicossA retneC ataD dnaliahT ehT .ti fo ksa ot tahw tub ,ti tpecca ot rehtehw ton si yrtnuoc eht gnicaf noitseuq eht dna ,sertnec atad rof dnamed detcartnoc ,laer sah dnaliahT dias noitaicossa ehT .eueuq noitacilppa esahcrup rewop eht naht rehtar yticapac lautca kcart stnemtimmoc dirg os ,sehcnart ni desaeler dna rewop elbaliava demrifnoc ot gnidrocca devorppa eb stnemeerga esahcrup rewop ertnec atad desoporp puorg ehT .tnempiuqe ertnec atad rof tnemeriuqer "dnaliahT ni yuB" ro/dna "dnaliahT ni edaM" a gnittes stseggus osla noitaicossa ehT .seinapmoc niahc ylppus IA dna ertnec atad denwo-iahT dliub ot desilatipac eb IoB ro yrtsiniM yteicoS dna ymonocE latigiD eht morf sdnuf sesoporp puorg eht ,noitidda nI