• The collaboration will elevate Convergence of Data Center, Cable Landing Stations & Terrestrial networks for the upcoming 150 MW facility, CtrlS’ first overseas data center
• Data Center development in the Eastern Economic Corridor will attract customers from heavy industries (Automotive, Manufacturing & Petrochemicals) and food processing.

Bangkok/Hyderabad August, 2023: CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, Asia's largest Rated-4 Data Center (DC) operator, is collaborating with National Telecom Public Company (NT), a telecom provider who has the most extensive international communication networks and the most submarine cables landing in Thailand, for its upcoming 150 MW data center at the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) in Chonburi, Thailand. The greenfield data center in Thailand marks CtrlS’ first international market expansion as well as its first hyperscale data center in Thailand.

The digitalization across Thailand, deployment of 5G, and improved connectivity with highly efficient submarine cables with countries such as USA, China, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan makes the country an attractive hub for digital infrastructure. Additionally, the data center development in the Eastern Corridor will attract customers from heavy industries (Automotive, Manufacturing & Petrochemicals) and food processing.

CtrlS is building a hyperscale data center over a 10-acre (25 rai) parcel of land with design capacity upto 150 MW in Chonburi, Thailand and NT will be one of the partners for Network/Connectivity. CtrlS and NT are entering into a collaboration of convergence of data center colocation services, cable landing station (CLS), network connectivity hub and various cloud based services, known as Convergence of DCT (Data center, CLS & Terrestrial).

CtrlS’ data center site at EEC offers proximity to submarine cable landing stations for existing AAG (Asia-America Gateway) cable system and upcoming ADC (Asia Direct Cable) cable system, to be launched in the first quarter of next year, making this data center a nodal point of interconnection equipped with submarine and terrestrial cable networks to connect to other data centers & industrial estates. It is also close to the EEC startup incubator and is away from flood prone regions (with Mean Sea Level >40m).

Speaking on the MoU, Sridhar Pinnapureddy, Chairman, CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, said, “Through this collaboration, we aim to serve customers’ needs for digital services, both domestic and international. The data center is designed to serve hyperscaler needs in addition to serving high-end IT/compute needs of domestic enterprises. We see this data center as a unique opportunity to contribute towards development of Thailand’s eastern region and offer a robust diverse option for international customers and partners for establishing their footprint in the country and region.”

Ashish Ahuja, CTO, CtrlS Datacenters, added, “We are delighted to have this strategic collaboration with NT extending their AAG, ADC and future submarine cable landing stations into this data center and jointly develop a new Teleport and Point of Interconnection in the facility enabling our data center customers to have seamless connectivity within the country and to other markets in the region. This collaboration will help develop Chonburi as new international hub for regional & global content/cloud players to interconnect, providing additional diversity to serve the region in a much efficient manner.”

National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT), a provider of data communication networks both domestically and internationally, has developed telecommunication infrastructure services in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). In collaboration with domestic and international telecom operators, NT is committed to building digital capabilities as well as investing and expanding Thailand’s communications to the world.

Colonel Sanpachai Huvanandana, President and CEO of NT, said “NT is very pleased to cooperate with CtrlS in building this data center, which is the first hyperscale data center in the eastern region of Thailand. This MOU marks the commitment to upgrade the telecommunications network and support the use of digital technology for the industrial sector in the Eastern Economic Corridor (ECC) through both parties’ strengths in resource, expertise, and infrastructure.” “This will in turn push Thailand to become an attractive economic center for investors in various industrial sectors and support digital investors in Thailand and from abroad to invest in businesses related to various technologies such as 5G, AI, Cloud, IoTs, Smart City, and Big Data, as well as being a business destination for global content operators, he added.

Seikson Mitkasem, Senior EVP (Marketing and Products) of NT, said “For this collaboration, NT is ready to support telecommunication infrastructure, especially the information communication network that covers both domestically and internationally. Currently, NT’s communication network not only features more than 10 connection points to neighboring countries but also has a worldwide coverage. There are six submarine cable stations ready to connect via nine submarine cable systems, including AAE1, AAG, APG, FLAG, SJC, SMW-3, SMW-4, TIS, and ADC as well as PoPs (Point of Presence) in all regions of the world that serve as a connection point to transmit data.” In July this year, CtrlS has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with EECO (Eastern Economic Corridor Office) to lease a 10-acre (25-rai) land parcel located at Chonburi Province for 50 years, for setting up the hyperscale data center.

CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, which began its operations in 2007, operates 10 data centers across six key markets and is expanding to 16 more by 2024. The company is also building a solar park in Maharashtra to power its data center facilities and eliminate carbon footprint. The company is embracing renewable energy for a sustainable future. CtrlS has announced its plans to explore new overseas markets in Asia Pacific and Middle East.

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National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT) is a Thai state-owned telecommunications company, established and corporatized in 2021 from the merger of CAT Telecom and TOT Public Company Limited. NT's main line of business is Hard Infrastructure, International telecommunications infrastructure, International Internet gateways, Fixed Broadband, Mobile Network Service and Digital Infrastructure & Services.

Homepage:www.ntplc.co.th