Google launches cloud region in Bangkok, Thailand
Company pledged $1bn investment in Thailand in 2024
Company pledged $1bn investment in Thailand in 2024
News comes after Microsoft quietly launches own Jakarta cloud region
Companies sign multi-year agreement to use Google Distributed Cloud in the country
Will support AI development
Sovereign cloud will have AI capabilities
Thai government says AWS planning $5 billion investment
New facility comes online two years late, but is larger than previous developments
Behind AWS and Azure in NZ, ahead of both in Thailand
Google Cloud, OVHcloud impacted, while AWS, Azure, and LinkedIn may have been affected
After several major outages at Mizuho Financial Group last year
Moving to Kubernetes will deliver a toughened digital ID system
The cloud giant's 20th globally
Eight regions for Google, in the race to get the cloud across Asia Pacific
To keep up with rising number of Internet users in the region
Its 46th zone around the world
From chip king to cloud contender
And causes latency issues and errors for customers using Managed VMs
“The market will never be the same again,” says Tim Synan, head of Google Cloud in Southeast Asia
Responding to congestion, rather than packet loss
Its sixth region worldwide