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Thailand freezes 49 datacentre builds and 117 approvals over power and water worries
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Thailand will halt building work on 49 projects and defer 117 approval decisions from September 2026, as regulations and monitoring are currently insufficient. In Indonesia, the governor of West Java halted one datacentre over missing permits and an unfinished environmental assessment. South-east Asia holds about 50% of Asia Pacific's datacentre capacity under construction, according to real estate firm Cushman and Wakefield.
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