Microsoft will invest more than $1 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand over the next two years, vice chair and president Brad Smith said.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Smith made the commitment on March 31 after a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

The investment will be used to expand the company's data center footprint, upskill local talent, and invest in cybersecurity and sovereign technology in the country.

“There is a noticeable gap in AI diffusion between the world’s most advanced economies and the developing world,” Smith said. “Thailand is already moving in the right direction, and we are committed to helping the cloud and AI advance this country’s entire economy and all of its people."

Microsoft previously committed to investing $2.85bn in Thailand in 2023, though a timeline for this was not shared. A few months later, it officially revealed plans for a cloud region in the country.

In October 2025, the company revealed it was partnering with Charoen Pokphand Group and True Corporation on its cloud region in Thailand, with True Internet Data Center set to serve as one of the facilities supporting the region. The cloud region has yet to launch.

Competitors Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud have operating regions in the country. Google announced plans for a Thai cloud region in August 2022 and launched the region earlier this year. Amazon similarly made an announcement in October 2022, officially launching its region in January 2026. Amazon also launched a Local Zone Edge location in Bangkok in December 2022.

Earlier this month, Microsoft opened its cloud region in Denmark.

In January 2026, Microsoft revealed that it had stood up approximately 1GW of data center capacity in the previous three months alone. The cloud giant has also, of late, sworn off NDAs for its data center projects.