Srettha Thavisin, Thailand’s Prime Minister, met with executives from Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Thursday, as part of efforts to convince US companies to invest more in the Southeast Asian nation after his coalition ended a near-decade rule by military-backed parties.
Srettha also spoke to Elon Musk and other executives of Tesla Inc., SpaceX and Starlink Inc. in a video conference about possible cooperation in electric vehicles and space exploration, government spokesman Chai Wacharonke said in a statement. While Tesla executives praised Thailand’s human resource potential, Srettha promised to extend all support and investment benefits to Tesla and Starlink, he said.
Executives of Microsoft, a long-time investor in Thailand, said the country had the potential to emerge as a regional hub for data centers and the tech giant will continue to support the private and public sector companies in their use of cloud computing and development of engineering talent. Google executives also showed interest in investing in Cloud-First centers in Thailand, Chai said.
Furthermore, Srettha mentioned that more follow-up meetings with US firms will be scheduled in November.
