# The datacentre arms race hits pause in south-east Asia

- Source: Guardian Business
- Published: 2026-11-07T10:00:07+00:00
- Category: Business
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/07/datacentres-southeast-asia
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/the-datacentre-arms-race-hits-pause-in-south-east-asia-b7ff11/

Power and water constraints are pressuring what seemed like a juggernaut of growth for the region just months ago In early 2026, Thailand’s datacentre industry was on a roll. The country’s board of investment had recently announced approval of datacentre projects from Tiktok, a UAE-based Skyline datacentre and Singapore’s Bridge datacentres, totalling a planned investment of $27bn. As the year has

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