Digital industry to contribute 30% of GDP by 2027: ONDE

ONDE secretary-general Putchapong Nodthaisong on Wednesday announced the office’s operational strategy for 2024, saying that it would fully support the “Go Cloud First” policy of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES).

The policy focuses on allowing private cloud providers, both domestic and international, to establish cloud infrastructure in Thailand. Examples include INET, AWS, Microsoft and Huawei.

He said ONDE will be responsible for setting standard prices for cloud services across four categories before putting its proposal to the DES board and the cabinet for approval.

The four types of cloud services are: Cloud for security of information infrastructure; cloud for government information and public services, cloud for data storage, and cloud for high-level data analytics.

Putchapong said a preliminary survey indicates that government agencies will need…