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Cloud service rivalry heats up in Thailand

Google unveils plan to launch ‘region’

From left are April Srivikorn, Google Cloud’s country manager for Thailand, Payong Srivanich, chief executive of Krungthai Bank, and Ms Balasubramanian.

Thailand is turning into a battleground for public cloud services among American and Chinese firms with internet giant Google becoming the latest operator to announce a plan to launch its cloud region in the country amid surging demand in the segment.

In February, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud service arm under US tech giant Amazon, announced a plan to launch its cloud infrastructure — AWS Local Zone — in Bangkok.

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