Thaksin Shinawatra, the de facto chief of the ruling Pheu Thai Party, said his dream was to convert an area in Bangkok to house data centres of every country in the world. -- PHOTO: AFP
BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand aims to slash electricity costs by more than 25% by next year to emerge as a hub for data centers and artificial intelligence infrastructure, according to Thaksin Shinawatra, the de facto chief of the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
The government headed by his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra plans to bring down the electricity tariff to about 8 US cents per unit from about 11 cents now, Thaksin told a business seminar in Bangkok late on Friday.
