Thailand will make large data centres meet stricter environmental standards under its first rules written for the industry, Nikkei Asia reports

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Nikkei Asia reported on 10 November that Thailand will require large data centres to meet stricter environmental standards under the country's first regulation written specifically for the industry, as the government tightens oversight of facilities that use a lot of water and electricity. Nikkei says construction of new data centres had been suspended for months while the rules were drawn up. The report does not give the thresholds in the part we could read, so we will add the details when the Thai government publishes the regulation. Earlier context: the pause on 49 projects reported by the Guardian on 7 November.

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