AI boom complicates data-center power planning in Indonesia, Thailand
By Roffie Kurniawan ( September 24, 2026, 09:39 GMT | Insight) -- AI-driven data-center growth is making electricity demand harder to predict in Indonesia and Thailand as proposed facilities become vastly more power-intensive while uncertainty remains over which projects will proceed, utility and industry executives told a conference in Jakarta. Thailand has received data-center power requests totaling about 35 GW but is considering supplying about 8.8 GW, prompting authorities to weigh bank guarantees for grid connections. In Indonesia, developers say uncertainty over customers’ access to AI chips can make it difficult to provide utilities with firm forecasts of future electricity demand.Artificial intelligence is making it increasingly difficult for utilities and data-center developers in Indonesia and Thailand to predict electricity demand, as proposed facilities grow dramatically in size while uncertainty remains over which projects will proceed....
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