Google's regional infrastructure leader defends data center investment in Thailand amid heated debate over resource consumption. The article covers Thailand's 60 operating data centers (4th in ASEAN), projected power demand of ~30,000 MW if all pending projects activate, and new regulatory measures including 4.5M baht per MW deposit, new tariff structure at 5-6 baht/unit, and BOI's shift to quality-over-quantity criteria. Google emphasizes data centers as critical digital infrastructure (not just warehouses), advocates fair electricity pricing applicable across heavy-use industries (not just data centers), and highlights its practice of paying 100% of power costs plus infrastructure responsibility—framing this as industry minimum standard.