n early 2026, Thailands datacentre industry was on a roll. The countrys board of investment had recently announced approval of datacentre projects from Tiktok, a UAE based Skyline datacentre and Singapores Bridge datacentres, totalling a planned investment of $27bn. As the year has passed, however, what once seemed like a new industrial juggernaut has ground to a halt. Thailand paused construction on 49 projects and approval decisions on 117 more in September 2026, amidst growing concern about...