TNB Tech Minute: Microsoft Will Invest More Than $1 Billion on Cloud and AI Infrastructure in Thailand
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall. |
| 0:05.0 | It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand. |
| 0:11.3 | That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI. |
| 0:17.5 | Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries. |
| 0:24.6 | Here's your morning, TNB Tech Minute, for Tuesday, March 31st. I'm Danny Lewis for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:31.1 | Microsoft says it plans to invest more than $1 billion to build out its cloud and artificial |
| 0:35.9 | intelligence infrastructure in Thailand over the next two years. |
| 0:39.5 | The U.S. tech giant says the investment will build on existing partnerships to expand its data center footprint and upskill local talent, |
| 0:46.5 | as demand for AI computing continues to grow in the region. |
| 0:50.1 | Microsoft also plans to invest in cybersecurity and sovereign technology in the country. |
| 0:55.0 | The investment aims to accelerate the adoption and use of AI across Thailand's workforce. |
| 1:01.0 | The Iran War isn't just affecting energy supplies. It's cutting deeply into supplies of helium. |
| 1:07.1 | The invisible gas is a byproduct of natural gas production that, in addition to keeping party balloons aloft, is essential for cooling the tools used to make AI chips. |
| 1:16.6 | The global helium supplies being squeezed by the halt in natural gas exports from Qatar, which also exports virtually all of its helium through the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:25.7 | Qatar said Iranian strikes earlier this month on a major liquefied natural gas plant |
| 1:30.3 | caused extensive damage that cut its annual helium exports by nearly 15%, and could take |
| 1:35.5 | up to five years to repair. |
| 1:37.3 | While many chipmakers and defense manufacturers won't immediately feel the shortage, |
| 1:41.6 | suppliers are already telling some customers to expect supply |
| 1:44.5 | cuts and surcharges. And Chinese tech giant Huawei posted higher net profit in 2025 thanks to the |
| 1:52.5 | expansion of its automotive-related business. The company says its net profit rose 8.7% from the year |
| 1:58.6 | before, while revenue grew more than 2%, coming close to its all-time |
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