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True IDC North Muangthong data center

Pak Kret, Nonthaburi, Thailand · Bangkok metro market · location approximate to district level

True IDC North Muangthong is a data center project in Pak Kret, Thailand, operated by True Internet Data Center (True IDC). It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 40 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as expanding in February 2024. Record last checked against its sources on 21 October 2026.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
40 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
True Internet Data Center (True IDC)
Colocation
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

This project is built or running, so every gate counts as passed.

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How Thailand approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Thailand.

Thailand, 2026-09-24. Thailand asked developers on 4 September 2026 to pause 49 data centres under construction and froze 117 pending approvals while it writes new rules, due by mid October. The government has said it cannot legally enforce the pause. No list of affected projects has been published, so no Thai project has changed stage on this basis. A separate data centre electricity tariff has been created with no rate set.

Where it sits

Bangkok metro holds 23 active projects with 893 MW of planned IT load between them, and True IDC North Muangthong ranks 6th by planned capacity. Of those, 6 are operational, 3 are operational and expanding, 5 are under construction, 2 are being commissioned, 3 are at the land and permitting stage and 4 are announced only. Published colocation vacancy in Bangkok metro was 22.1% as of June 2026, on 113 MW of operational colocation capacity as counted by Cushman & Wakefield. Vacancy excludes hyperscaler self-build.

True IDC has 3 others in Thailand tracked by ArusGrid, including True IDC EEC AI Hyperscale Campus, True IDC Data Center 7 (North Bangkok) and True IDC East Bangna Campus. It sits on the True IDC North Muangthong campus. Named funding comes from Charoen Pokphand Group and Global Infrastructure Partners on the equity side. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.

The stage was recorded as operational and expanding in February 2024. Cooling uses hybrid air and liquid cooling.

Grid power for a large industrial user in Thailand costs about US$0.10 per kWh as of July 2026, the country figure ArusGrid applies where a site has no published rate. The US export control position for advanced AI chips in Thailand, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced”. ArusGrid holds 5 public sources for this project, the latest dated 26 June 2026, and last checked the record on 21 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo US licence required

This country carries no US destination-based licence requirement for advanced AI chips as the rules are enforced today. Access is a commercial matter between the project and its vendors. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedNo
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkNo
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced · No US destination-based licence requirement as enforced (2026-09-27) source

Stage history

2024-02Expanding · w.media

Who is behind it

OperatorTrue Internet Data Center (True IDC) · Colocation
Funder, EquityCharoen Pokphand Group
Funder, EquityGlobal Infrastructure Partners

Who uses the compute

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy. Not yet checked against second-order sources.

Platform deals that include it

Global Infrastructure Partners investment in True IDC
Platform acquisition, 2025-05
Not disclosed

Platform capital spans several sites. It is never added to this project's own figure.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

Retail rack list price, grade ATHB 38,800 per rack per month (3 kW allowance)

operator's own promotion page, one full rack with a 3 kW dual-source allowance, electricity included, excluding 7 percent VAT, a closing price on the last ten units Electricity included. As of 2025-01. True Internet Data Center (trueidc.com, operator's own domain), 2025-01-01

About THB 12,900 (USD 385 at the ECB rate of 33.595 for 31 January 2025) per kW of allowance. A retail rack price, never comparable with a wholesale figure. Valid to 30 June 2025 or until the units sold, so a floor to the list rate.

No published price band exists for Thailand, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.

Water and cooling
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling Reported source ↗
Air and liquid cooling for high-density CPU and GPU loads. To be built and run to Uptime Institute standards under ISO 14001 and ISO 50001.

Sources checked 2026-10-21

  1. datacentermap.com
  2. baxtel.com
  3. Thailand's TrueIDC breaks ground on $180m data center in northern Bangkok (DatacenterDynamics, 2026-06-26)
  4. True IDC Invests Over 10 Billion Baht to Expand Data Centers and Drive Sustainability (W.Media, 2024-02-02)
  5. True IDC ทุ่ม 6 พันล้าน เปิดดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์แห่งที่ 7 รับคลาวด์-AI บูม (Thansettakij, 2026-06-19)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.