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AfDB <\/strong>to back Ethiopia\u2019s new mega airport project<\/strong>:<\/strong> Ethiopia\u2019s state-owned Ethiopian Airlines has inked a letter of intent (LoI) with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to partner on Ethiopia\u2019s new Bishoftu International Airport project, according to a statement<\/a>. The project \u2014 led by Ethiopian Airlines \u2014 is expected to cost around USD 7.8 bn. The new airport aims to meet increasing international and domestic demand for cargo and passenger services in the country whose main airport \u2014 Bole International \u2014 cannot meet as it nears its maximum capacity.<\/p>\n

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Bangkok <\/strong>earmarks USD 2.7 bn for cloud infrastructure<\/strong>:<\/strong> Thailand greenlit investments worth USD 2.7 bn into its data center and cloud services infrastructure, Reuters<\/a> reports. The slated projects include a 300 MW data center by China\u2019s Beijing Haoyang Cloud&Data Technology with an investment ticket of USD 2.1 bn, a 35 MW data center by Thailand\u2019s GSA Data Center 02 in a USD 402 mn investment, and a project by Singapore-based Empyrion Digital. <\/p>\n

Local players are already in this market: <\/strong>UAE\u2019s Damac Group announced last October plans<\/a>to invest USD 1 bn in data centers<\/a> via its unit Edgnex. The investment will be funneled into three to four data center projects, which Edgnex will carry out through a joint venture with Thai data service provider Proen Corp. The first of the data centers is slated to go online in downtown Bangkok by March 2025, launching with an initial capacity of 5 MW, with plans to expand to 20 MW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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