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Thailand Approves TikTok-Linked Data Center as Digital Investment Push Accelerates

Board of Investment clears major infrastructure projects including a large-scale data facility tied to ByteDance amid Thailand’s bid to strengthen its regional tech hub status

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Rising geopolitical tension in the Strait of Hormuz is accelerating discussion of a Thai cross-isthmus logistics corridor aimed at bypassing maritime chokepoints

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Why Big Tech is betting on Thailand

Why Social Media Is Wrong — And Why Global Capital Is Making a Multi-Billion-Dollar Bet on Thailand’s Future

Visa Expands Travel Programme Into Asia-Pacific With Thailand as First Launch Market

Payments giant rolls out destination-focused initiative to simplify cross-border spending and digital payment acceptance across tourism-heavy economies
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