Microsoft to open first regional data centre in Thailand

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Tech giant Microsoft on May 1 said it will open its first regional data centre in Thailand as it looks to boost the availability of cloud services.  The news comes a day after the company announced investments worth US$1.7bil in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud facilities in neighbouring Indonesia.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 >> It's so wonderful to such a pleasure to be here,

00:06 and thank you Prime Minister for being here with us.

00:10 The first thing that I want to really

00:12 talk about is the infrastructure layer.

00:14 Azure today has more regions than

00:16 any other hyperscaler around the world,

00:18 60 plus regions, 300 plus data centers worldwide.

00:22 I'm really excited today to announce that

00:25 a full Azure region is going to come to

00:28 Thailand with two Azure.

00:31 >> Ladies and gentlemen, in closing,

00:39 today's event marks another milestone of Microsoft in Thailand.

00:44 I am confident that this collaboration between

00:46 the Thai government and Microsoft will

00:48 lead to a brighter future together.

00:51 Let me once again emphasize that we are fully committed to

00:55 making Thailand a perfect destination for digital industry.

01:00 >> Thank you.

01:02 [MUSIC]

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