Learn this in Thai.
Commitments embody new cloud and AI infrastructure, AI skilling alternatives, and help for Thailand’s rising developer group
Bangkok, Could 1, 2024 – Right now, Microsoft introduced vital commitments to construct new cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand, present AI skilling alternatives for over 100,000 individuals, and help the nation’s rising developer group.
The commitments construct on Microsoft’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Royal Thai Authorities to check the nation’s digital-first, AI-powered future.
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Government Officer Satya Nadella made the announcement in entrance of roughly 2,000 builders and enterprise and know-how leaders on the Microsoft Construct: AI Day in Bangkok on Wednesday. The occasion was additionally attended by Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, who delivered a particular deal with.
“Our ‘Ignite Thailand’ imaginative and prescient for 2030 goals to attain the objective of growing the nation’s stature as a regional digital financial system hub that considerably enhances our innovation and R&D capabilities whereas additionally strengthening our tech workforce,” stated Prime Minister Thavisin. “Right now’s announcement with Microsoft is a big milestone within the journey of our ‘Ignite Thailand’ imaginative and prescient – one which guarantees new alternatives for development, innovation, and prosperity for all Thais.”
“Thailand has an unbelievable alternative to construct a digital-first, AI-powered future,” stated Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft. “Our new datacenter area, together with the investments we’re making in cloud and AI infrastructure, in addition to AI skilling, construct on our long-standing dedication to the nation – and can assist Thai organizations throughout the private and non-private sector drive new affect and development.”
Dhanawat Suthumpun, Managing Director of Microsoft Thailand, stated: “Microsoft is devoted to serving to Thailand excel as a digital financial system, making certain that the advantages of cloud and AI applied sciences are widespread and contribute to the prosperity and wellbeing of Thais. Collectively, we’re laying the foundations for a future that isn’t solely technologically superior but in addition inclusive and sustainable.”
Rising capability to thrive within the AI period
Microsoft’s digital infrastructure dedication contains establishing a brand new datacenter area in Thailand. The datacenter area will broaden the provision of Microsoft’s hyperscale cloud providers, facilitating enterprise-grade reliability, efficiency, and compliance with information residency and privateness requirements.
It follows rising demand for cloud computing providers in Thailand from enterprises, native companies, and public sector organizations. It’ll additionally permit Thailand to capitalize on the numerous financial and productiveness alternatives introduced by the newest AI know-how.
In keeping with analysis by Kearney, AI might contribute almost US$1 trillion to Southeast Asia’s gross home product by 2030, with Thailand poised to seize US$117 billion of this quantity.
Making certain a talented, AI-ready workforce
On Tuesday, Microsoft introduced a broader dedication to supply AI skilling alternatives for two.5 million individuals within the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states by 2025. This coaching and help can be delivered in partnership with governments, nonprofit and company organizations, and communities in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Microsoft’s skilling dedication is predicted to profit greater than 100,000 people in Thailand.
It’ll improve the AI proficiency of these concerned within the nation’s tourism sector via the AI Expertise for the AI-enabled Tourism Trade program. The initiative is a partnership between Microsoft and Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economic system and Society, Ministry of Tourism and Sports activities, Ministry of Labour, and the nation’s Know-how Vocational Training Coaching Institute. It goals to empower younger entrepreneurs and youths concerned in tourism companies throughout minor-tier geographic provinces in all 5 areas of Thailand.
This system will give attention to enhancing the capabilities of 500 trainers from know-how vocational schooling coaching institutes in AI for Thailand’s tourism sector. These trainers will then equip younger people in tourism and hospitality with AI abilities. The training module can be accessible via companions’ studying platforms to make sure sustainability and scalability.
The tourism initiative builds on different Microsoft-supported skilling initiatives in Thailand, together with Accelerating Thailand, the ASEAN Cyber Safety Programme, Code; With out Limitations, and the Junior Software program Developer Program.
Microsoft may even allow the Royal Thai Authorities to undertake a cloud-first coverage with an AI talent improvement program for builders and authorities IT personnel.
Enabling builders to harness AI’s potential
Nadella highlighted the vital function builders play in shaping Thailand’s digital-first, AI-powered future.
Microsoft will proceed to assist foster the expansion of the nation’s developer group via new initiatives similar to AI Odyssey, which is predicted to assist 6,000 Thai builders turn out to be AI subject material consultants by studying new abilities and incomes Microsoft credentials.
Thailand is a quickly rising market on GitHub, the Microsoft-owned software program improvement, collaboration, and innovation platform. Greater than 900,000 Thailand-based builders used GitHub in 2023, representing 24 p.c year-on-year development.
Moreover, many Thai organizations are boosting their productiveness and accelerating innovation utilizing Microsoft’s generative AI-powered options. For instance:
- Superior Data Service Public Firm Restricted (AIS), Thailand’s largest digital life service supplier, has enhanced its workforce productiveness by adopting Copilot for Microsoft 365. The software has been instrumental for workers throughout AIS, together with these in its authorized and compliance groups. The corporate has additionally deployed GitHub Copilot and Azure OpenAI Service to develop purposes and AI-powered assistant.
- The Nationwide Well being Safety Workplace (NHSO) has constructed a transformative platform as a part of its AI for a More healthy Thailand initiative. The platform makes use of Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Machine Studying, and different Microsoft applied sciences to simplify healthcare coverage information, making it comprehensible to each Thai citizen. It additionally presents personalised healthcare recommendation, together with data on rights, acquired providers, and entry to healthcare amenities tailor-made to particular person well being necessities. The platform is making care extra accessible for greater than 66 million individuals in Thailand.
- SCBX Public Firm Restricted, a monetary know-how conglomerate that operates one of many largest banks in Thailand, Siam Industrial Financial institution (SCB), is harnessing Azure OpenAI Service in modern methods to turn out to be an AI-first group. Moreover, its subsidiary, InnovestX, is utilizing the service to course of and summarize analysts’ stories and earnings briefs for listed corporations. SCBX has additionally used Azure OpenAI Service to develop an in-house social media sentiment evaluation software that enhances the precision of automated on-line monitoring and improves repute administration.
- The Workplace of the Council of State (OCS) is an company beneath the Workplace of the Prime Minister that gives authorized recommendation, in addition to legislative drafting and evaluate to the Royal Thai Authorities. The OCS has introduced it is going to use Copilot for Microsoft 365 for its authorities attorneys and different professionals.
A number of different organizations in Thailand are working with Microsoft to discover new prospects with AI. They embody the nation’s largest privately held firm, Charoen Pokphand Group, and main petrochemical and refining enterprise, PTT International Chemical Public Firm Restricted.
Microsoft additionally collaborates with Thailand’s Nationwide Cyber Safety Company to supply data on web security, cyber threats and vulnerabilities, and different associated steering to boost the nation’s cybersecurity posture within the AI period. The Ministry of Finance, in the meantime, is utilizing the ability of AI to boost cross-agency information collaboration, which can unlock deeper insights that help coverage improvement in the direction of a extra financially inclusive financial system for Thailand.
To study extra about Satya Nadella’s go to and the way Microsoft empowers organizations within the ASEAN area with AI, go to information.microsoft.com/thailand-visit-2024.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) creates platforms and instruments powered by AI to ship modern options that meet the evolving wants of our prospects. The know-how firm is dedicated to creating AI accessible broadly and doing so responsibly, with a mission to empower each individual and each group on the planet to attain extra.
