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GSA Data Center 1 (Bang Phli)

Bang Phli, Samut Prakan, Thailand · Bangkok metro market · location approximate to district level

GSA Data Center 1 (Bang Phli) is a data center project in Bang Phli, Thailand, operated by GSA Data Center. It is operational. It is planned for 26 MW of IT load. The operator reports 26 MW running.

Latest change on record: moved to operational in June 2025.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
26 MW
Running now
26 MW
Operator
GSA Data Center
Joint venture
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

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

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: named funder, disclosed client (reported), three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Gulf Edge signed a master agreement with SIAM.AI (Nvidia Cloud Partner) to host NVIDIA compute at GSA; Gulf Edge also has a Google Cloud sovereign-cloud tie-up.

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.

Stage history

2023-02Under construction · GULF จับมือ Singtel และ AIS เดินหน้าก่อสร้างโครงการก่อสร้างดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์ (Thai Post, 2023-02-07)
2025-06Operational · GULF ดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์ขาขึ้น เร่งเดินหน้าขยายสู่เฟส 3 (HoonVision (citing Krungsri Securities), 2026-01-12)

Who is behind it

OperatorGSA Data Center · Joint venture
Funder, Joint venture partnerGulf Development
Funder, Joint venture partnerSingtel
Funder, Joint venture partnerAdvanced Info Service (AIS)

Who uses the compute

Runs compute here · GPU cloudSIAM.AI Cloud · reported, unconfirmed

Data center services agreement; service start H2 2025 · as of 2024-12-04

Gulf's own release says GSA Data Center Company Limited signed a data center services agreement with Siam AI Corporation; Bangkok Biz (13 Dec 2024) reports service begins H2 2025. The release names the company and no building. GSA01 Bang Phli is the only GSA site operating in H2 2025 (GSA02 is under construction and contracted to Microsoft), so the building is assigned by elimination. Upgrade to confirmed only if a document names GSA01.

Source · GULL Joins Siam AI to Enhance Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Thailand (Kaohoon International (reproducing Gulf Development's SET release), 2024-12-04)

Source · GULF จ่อให้บริการดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์ ‘สยาม เอไอ’ ประเดิมรายแรก ครึ่งหลังปี68 (Krungthep Turakij (Bangkok Biz News), 2024-12-13)

Project team
Engineering consultantSygna APAC (Thailand) Ltd. · Oct 2024 Confirmed source ↗
Commissioning agent consultant under a contract with GSA Data Center Co. Ltd
Project managerAurecon · Oct 2024 Confirmed source ↗
Project management company and EPC consultant hired by the sponsors, covering design, construction and project close out
Main contractorThai Takenaka International Ltd. · Oct 2024 Confirmed source ↗
All core and shell construction works and completion of the data centre (Building 1)
Land
Land sellerPrivate owners (names withheld in the ADB disclosure) · 2.366 ha · freehold · Dec 2022 Confirmed source ↗
Site bought by GSA Data Center Co. Ltd on 2 December 2022. Land area 14 rai 3 ngan 15 sq wah (2.366 ha). Total site area given as 23,660 sqm. Tenure inferred from the purchase, the report does not use the word freehold.
Power supply
Dedicated substationGrid connection (utility not named) · 85 MVA · 115kV · Oct 2024 Confirmed source ↗
GSA offers tenants renewable energy certificates and procurement as an option. · On-site 115kV substation of 85 MVA for the 25.6MW Samut Prakan facility.
Dedicated substationMetropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) · 115kV · Oct 2026 Reported source ↗
Renewable power options are mentioned but not specified. · Broker site-visit note says GSA01 has dual 115kV MEA substation feeders. This names the utility behind the held 115kV connection. Total facility power is given as 35MW against 25MW IT.
Water and cooling
WaterMains drinking water · Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) · 1,628.71 m³ a day Confirmed source ↗
Volume is expected cooling use in operation. About 20 m3 per day more for domestic use. Design PUE 1.4 per ADB release of 25 Aug 2025.
CoolingEvaporative cooling · design PUE 1.4 Confirmed source ↗
Cooling towers take make-up water.
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling Reported source ↗
Four data halls split equally between air cooling (12.8MW IT) and direct-to-chip liquid cooling (12.8MW IT). Racks of 120kW and above, up to 132kW, are supported.
WaterMains drinking water · Metropolitan Waterworks Authority (MWA) · 1,628.71 m³ a day Confirmed source ↗
No groundwater well on site.
CoolingEvaporative cooling Confirmed source ↗
Cooling water use expected at 1,628.71 cubic metres a day in operation, plus about 20 cubic metres a day for domestic use and plants. MWA water is softened before use in cooling towers. Storage is two 955 cubic metre raw water tanks and two 955 cubic metre soft water tanks, with make-up tanks sized for 48 hours.

Sources

  1. gulf.co.th
  2. w.media
  3. gulfedge.co.th
  4. itnews.asia
  5. GSA Data Center Welcomes Office of the Permanent Secretary for Energy to Explore Pioneering Technologies Powering Thailand's Digital Economy (Gulf Energy Development, 2026-02-16)
  6. ADB, GSA Sign Deal to Open Green Data Center in Thailand (Asian Development Bank, 2025-08-25)
  7. GULF, Singtel, and AIS kick off the establishment of the new data center (Khaosod English (sponsored), 2023-02-06)
  8. GULF's core profit grew 34% YoY to THB 4,779 million in Q2/24, with plans to advance its investment in digital infrastructure (Mitihoon, 2024-08-08)
  9. GULF – Data center to be new S-curve for long term (InnovestX Securities (Café Invest), 2026-10-08)
  10. GULF จับมือ Singtel และ AIS เดินหน้าก่อสร้างโครงการก่อสร้างดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์ (Thai Post, 2023-02-07)
  11. GULF ดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์ขาขึ้น เร่งเดินหน้าขยายสู่เฟส 3 (HoonVision (citing Krungsri Securities), 2026-01-12)
  12. GULF Commercializes GSA Data Center with Aims to Hit 25MW by Year's End (Kaohoon International, 2025-06-16)
  13. Thailand: GSA Energy-Efficient Green Data Center Project. Environmental and Social Compliance Audit Report (Asian Development Bank (prepared by GSA Data Center Co. Ltd), 2024-10-18)
  14. Case study: ADB's private sector financing for the data centre sector (Asian Development Bank (Asia Clean Energy Forum 2026), 2026-06-11)
  15. GULF Quick Comment (Krungsri Securities, 2026-01-12)
  16. GULF reports net profit of THB 9,289 million in Q3/2026, up 28% YoY, (Mitihoon, 2026-11-05)

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