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Digital Edge / B.Grimm BKK Campus (Chonburi)

Chonburi (EEC), Chonburi, Thailand · EEC (Eastern Seaboard) market · location approximate to city level

Digital Edge / B.Grimm BKK Campus (Chonburi) is a data center project in Chonburi (EEC), Thailand, operated by Digital Edge. It is under construction. It is planned for 100 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as under construction on 4 September 2025.

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Stage
Under construction
Planned IT load
100 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
Digital Edge
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Corroborated
Will it get built?Strong6 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use○ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Builder appointed.

Your call. Will it be built?

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How Thailand approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Thailand.

Thailand, 2026-09-24. Thailand asked developers on 4 September 2026 to pause 49 data centres under construction and froze 117 pending approvals while it writes new rules, due by mid October. The government has said it cannot legally enforce the pause. No list of affected projects has been published, so no Thai project has changed stage on this basis. A separate data centre electricity tariff has been created with no rate set.

How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. On record: named funder, disclosed client (reported), committed or approved capital, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Operator states the campus is built to deploy AI and cloud workloads at scale and is targeting hyperscale cloud/AI customers; 100MW greenfield, PUE target 1.25, hybrid closed-loop cooling.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo US licence required

This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria.

Phases

BKK1 · Under constructionSize not published, target Q4 2026
BKK2 · Under constructionSize not published, target 2027

Stage history

2025-09-04Under construction · digitaledgedc.com

Who is behind it

OperatorDigital Edge · Colocation
Funder, EquityStonepeak
Funder, Joint venture partnerB.Grimm Power
Funder, DebtBangkok Bank
Funder, DebtBank of Ayudhya
Funder, DebtHSBC
Funder, DebtKASIKORNBANK
Funder, DebtMizuho
Funder, DebtNatixis CIB
Funder, DebtSiam Commercial Bank
Funder, DebtSMBC
Funder, DebtStandard Chartered

Who uses the compute

Tenant · hyperscalerUndisclosed hyperscaler · reported, unconfirmed

Contracted the full 96MW IT capacity of the BKK Campus for 25 years, per InnovestX after a site visit. · as of 2026-11-06

Broker research note after a site visit. The customer is not named.

Source · BGRIM – สองปัจจัยขับเคลื่อนหลัก: Data Center และ Smart Grid (InnovestX Securities (Café Invest), 2026-11-06)

Checked on 2026-10-01. No document names a confirmed user beyond the rows above.

Money at this site

Announced investment, 2025-09US$1,000m

The figure covers the whole campus.

Platform deals that include it

Digital Edge / B.Grimm US$880m green loan
Debt, 2026-05US$880m

Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.

Land
Industrial estateAmata Corporation PCL (Amata City Chonburi Industrial Estate) · Nov 2026 Reported source ↗
A broker site visit places the campus inside Amata City Chonburi Industrial Estate. Area and land terms are not given.
Power supply
Power allocation or planB.Grimm Power · Sep 2025 Confirmed source ↗
Release says the campus is powered by B.Grimm's renewable energy portfolio; type and volume not stated · B.Grimm is also the JV partner. No PPA terms published.
Renewable power dealB.Grimm Power · Sep 2025 Reported source ↗
Clean energy via direct PPA from B.Grimm's renewable portfolio. · No MW given. · Applies to the whole campus.
Own generationB.Grimm Power (on-site smart microgrid) · Sep 2026 Reported source ↗
Natural gas and LNG, backed by B.Grimm's LNG import quota of 1.2 million tonnes a year. · BGRIM plans a smart microgrid for generation, distribution and backup within the site. No substation or grid connection is named. · Applies to the whole campus.
Water and cooling
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling · design PUE 1.25 Confirmed source ↗
Hybrid closed-loop cooling towers to cut water use.
CoolingClosed-loop cooling Reported source ↗
PPTV reports a closed-loop cooling system, with other measures, to cut water use. The campus also targets LEED Silver.

Sources

  1. digitaledgedc.com
  2. datacenterdynamics.com
  3. w.media
  4. digitaledgedc.com
  5. 'Digital Edge' ผู้ลงทุนดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์ รับลูกนโยบายพลังงานไทย พร้อมแบกต้นทุนพลังงานส่วนเพิ่ม ย้ำลงทุนไทยไม่ใช่เพราะค่าไฟถูก (The Standard, 2026-08-26)
  6. ชลบุรีเนื้อหอม ดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์-ร.พ. แห่ลงทุน รับเมืองใหม่ EEC (Thansettakij, 2026-07-17)
  7. Digital Edge, B.Grimm break ground on 100MW data center in Thailand (W.Media, 2025-09-08)
  8. Digital Edge and B.Grimm Power Break Ground on First EEC Data Center (Digital Edge, 2025-09-04)
  9. B.Grimm Power and Digital Edge groundbreaking (Thai) (Mitihoon, 2025-09-04)
  10. B.Grimm Power and Digital Edge jointly begin data center project (Marketing Oops, 2025-09-04)
  11. บี.กริม เพาเวอร์ - ดิจิทัล เอดจ์ คว้าสินเชื่อสีเขียว มูลค่าสูงที่สุดในไทย (PPTV HD36, 2026-05-08)
  12. BGRIM ชู Data Center เสริมแกร่ง โครงการแรก 96 MW ยอดจองเต็ม (Thansettakij, 2026-09-17)
  13. BGRIM to Launch First Phase of BKK Data Center in November (Kaohoon International, 2026-06-10)
  14. Digital Edge and B.Grimm Power Secures Thailand's Largest Data Center Loan of US$880 Million to Advance AI and Cloud Infrastructure (Digital Edge, 2026-05-06)
  15. (หุ้นเจาะ) BGRIM เจิดจรัสหุ้นโรงไฟฟ้า ซดกำไรดอกเบี้ย-เงินบาท (Mitihoon, 2026-01-07)
  16. BGRIM บวกต่อ 2% ลุ้นกำไร Q3 แตะ 797 ล้าน รับดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์หนุน (Kaohoon, 2026-11-03)
  17. BGRIM – สองปัจจัยขับเคลื่อนหลัก: Data Center และ Smart Grid (InnovestX Securities (Café Invest), 2026-11-06)

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