Amazon Web Services (AWS), today announced plans to open an infrastructure Region in Thailand. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will consist of three Availability Zones, adding to the existing 87 Availability Zones across 27 geographic regions. Globally, AWS has announced plans for 24 more Availability Zones across eight more AWS Regions in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and Thailand. The upcoming AWS Region in Thailand will enable developers, startups, and enterprises, as well as government, education, and nonprofit organizations, to run their applications and serve end users from AWS data centers located in Thailand, ensuring that customers who want to keep their data in Thailand can do so. In addition, as part of its commitment to the region<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are committed to supporting Thailand’s digital transformation through our local infrastructure investments and fast pace of innovation, helping Thailand-based customers unlock the full potential of the cloud to transform the way businesses and institutions serve their stakeholders,\u201d said Prasad Kalyanaraman, vice president of Infrastructure Services at AWS.<\/strong> \u201cThe AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will enable organizations to build with AWS technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics, and Internet of Things. With these new tools, AWS is empowering governments to better engage with citizens, enterprises to innovate for their next phase of growth, and entrepreneurs to build businesses and compete on a global scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAWS\u2019s plan to build data centers in Thailand is a significant milestone that will bring advanced cloud computing services to more organizations and help us deliver our Thailand 4.0 ambition to create a digitized, value-based economy,\u201d said His Excellency Supattanapong Punmeechaow, deputy prime minister of Thailand and minister of Energy.<\/strong> \u201cThe Royal Thai Government is pleased to collaborate with AWS, the world\u2019s leading cloud service provider, to bring secure and resilient world-class cloud infrastructure to Thailand. AWS\u2019s investment will enhance the nation\u2019s competitiveness, generate significant long-term economic benefits, and help build a highly skilled workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAn AWS Region in Thailand will help businesses and government agencies deliver improved digital services that will benefit our nation\u2019s citizens for decades to come,\u201d said His Excellency Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, minister of the Thailand Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES).<\/strong> \u201cMDES and AWS have been working together to support the government\u2019s digital transformation by modernizing legacy infrastructure and improving operations. AWS\u2019s investment will bring our nation a step closer toward Thailand\u2019s digital future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCloud services are one of the most essential drivers of a digital economy. We welcome AWS\u2019s plans to build a Region in Thailand, which will help advance our position as an innovation hub in Asia and a top destination for investment,\u201d said Narit Therdsteerasukdi, secretary general of the Thailand Board of Investment. <\/strong>\u201cThe AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will help boost the country\u2019s global competitiveness, while driving innovation and economic productivity across all industries in Thailand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n AWS Regions consist of Availability Zones that place infrastructure in separate and distinct geographic locations, with enough distance to significantly reduce the risk of a single event impacting customers\u2019 business continuity, yet near enough to provide low latency for high availability applications that use multiple Availability Zones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Each Availability Zone has independent power, cooling, and physical security and is connected through redundant, ultra-low latency networks. AWS customers focused on high availability can design their applications to run in multiple Availability Zones and across multiple Regions to achieve even greater fault tolerance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will enable customers with data residency preferences or requirements to securely store data in Thailand while providing even lower latency across the country. Customers from startups to enterprises to government organizations and nonprofits will be able to use advanced technologies from the world\u2019s leading cloud to drive innovation. AWS offers the broadest and deepest portfolio of services including analytics, compute, database, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, mobile services, storage, and other cloud technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Organizations in Thailand are among the millions of active customers using AWS in more than 190 countries around the world. Thai organizations that choose AWS to run their workloads to accelerate innovation, increase agility, and drive cost savings include 2C2P, CP All Plc., Digital Economy Promotion Agency, Energy Response Co. Ltd. (ENRES), Papyrus Studio, PTT Global Public Company Limited (PTT), Siam Cement Group (SCG), Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, The Stock Exchange of Thailand, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CP All Plc. is the sole operator of more than 13,000 7-Eleven stores in Thailand and Cambodia. \u201cUsing AWS enabled us to be agile and support the needs of our customers during the pandemic since they were no longer able to visit us in store,\u201d said Wiwat Pongritsakda, Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Cyber Security Officer, CP ALL Public Company Limited. <\/strong>\u201cWe built our 7-Eleven and 7-Delivery applications on AWS in less than six months, allowing customers to buy products from their closest convenience store, purchase online packages, collect and redeem points, and use an e-wallet to make payments online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We want to continue providing our customers with a seamless digital experience, and we have invested in data analytics and machine learning technology such as Amazon Personalize to help us recommend the right products for our customers. The new AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will help us continue to accelerate our digitization journey and adapt quickly to changes in consumer buying habits, while delivering innovative and personalized experiences for our 7-Eleven customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n ENRES is a startup that uses IoT and artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize energy usage for buildings and factories across Asia. \u201cAs an early-stage startup, we had to be very conscientious about where to spend our resources and how to efficiently scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The AWS Activate program provided technical support and credits that have been instrumental in helping ENRES develop our proof-of-concept platform in the cloud,\u201d said Paisit Jarunnamsiri, chief technology officer at ENRES.<\/strong> \u201cGiven the growing threat of climate change and finite resources on our planet, we believe that IoT, AI, and other innovative technologies can drive better energy optimization for companies and reduce their energy spend while benefitting the planet. With the new AWS Region launching in Thailand, we are delighted to continue our successful collaboration with AWS and enable more customers to better optimize their energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (PTTGC) is Thailand’s largest integrated petrochemical business. “Our collaboration with AWS has enabled us to drive digital transformation across our business by leveraging consistent and reliable infrastructure that helps us scale,” said Nattapol Jongjaroonkiat, head of Digital Transformation at PTTGC.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPTTGC built a data lake on AWS that allows us to ingest data quicker and run machine learning and analytics use cases, such as a BPA Catalyst Life Prediction solution, to analyze the environmental conditions that impact the lifetime of the catalyst that we use in our business. Understanding the optimal conditions that will extend the life of the catalyst helps improve operational efficiency and save costs in petrochemical production. We look forward to deepening our collaboration with AWS to drive more innovation in the petrochemical sector with the AWS Region in Thailand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n PTT Oil and Retail Business Public Company Limited (OR) is a leading retailer of petroleum products\u00a0and retail businesses\u00a0in Thailand with more than 1,900 service stations across the country\u00a0and more than 3,700 Caf\u00e9 Amazon locations in Thailand and overseas. \u201cWe collaborated with AWS to migrate our loyalty management system to the cloud, which forms the foundation for a new all-in-one app that strives to be a one-stop solution for all lifestyles,” said Wison Suntharachan, senior executive vice president of Corporate Strategy and Sustainability at OR.<\/strong> “The energy industry is undergoing significant transformation, and we are excited for the new AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region to help us keep up with the pace of technological change as we diversify our business and drive sustainable growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n SCG is a leading business conglomerate in the ASEAN region that has committed to strong corporate governance and sustainable development principles for more than 100 years. Since its founding, SCG has continued to grow and diversify into three core businesses, which include cement building materials, chemicals, and packaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTechnology is critical to our business as we seek to develop innovative products, services, and solutions that meet the diverse needs of customers, while operating under rapidly changing market conditions. As part of our collaboration with AWS, SCG and our subsidiaries migrated our entire SAP enterprise resource planning software from on-premises to the cloud, which helped us increase agility, lower costs, and accelerate innovation,\u201d said Yuttana Jiamtragan, vice president of Corporate Administration at SCG.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTo accelerate our digital-first ambitions, we plan to modernize our non-SAP applications, such as CPAC Green Solution and Vendor Managed Inventory System, on AWS. An AWS Region in Thailand will help us continue to deliver sustainable transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University provides lifelong learning under the distance education system. The university has an extensive network of regional distance education centers to serve its 200,000 students throughout the country. \u201cWe selected AWS as our strategic cloud provider to deliver on our vision of becoming a digital university,\u201d said Dr. Sarun Nakthanom, Information Technology (IT) director at STOU.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSTOU is the first Thai university to go all-in on AWS following the migration of our entire IT infrastructure, including 137 server instances. By fully operating in the cloud, we have been able to accelerate the launch of digital offerings to provide a more engaging experience for our students. The scalability of AWS enabled 60 university departments to deliver 700 online courses over three months, compared to the five years it would have taken if we had built and hosted our e-learning platform on premises. We welcome the news of an AWS Region in Thailand to help us continue to digitally transform our systems and improve the teaching and learning capabilities at STOU.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stock Exchange of Thailand has been Thailand\u2019s primary trading venue for all types of securities trading since 1975. Its premier online trading platform\u2014settrade.com\u2014supports over 3.1 million accounts and handles daily trading value of more than $850 million (32.3 billion baht). <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAWS provides us with a robust, highly scalable, and low latency cloud infrastructure for our online trading platform that can meet stringent security and compliance requirements,\u201d said Thirapun Sanpakit, senior executive vice president and head of the IT division at SET.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith the increase in digital investors, it is vital for SET to adapt quickly to new market demands and offer services that cater to the appetite of this growing generation. Using AWS for SET\u2019s online trading platforms helps us easily scale to accommodate more than 400,000 concurrent users, while continuing to provide a smooth rollout of new trading services for digital assets and fractional shares. The launch of the AWS Asia Pacific (Bangkok) Region will further strengthen SET\u2019s ability to offer low latency market data to ensure that investors are equipped to make the best trading decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nCustomers Welcome the News of the AWS Region in Thailand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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