B.Grimm Power plans 250 MW data center with new overseas partner
The Thai power producer lifts its 2030 data center target to 500 MW as AI demand reshapes its growth strategy
B.Grimm Power, one of Thailand’s best-known power producers, plans to invest in a new 250-megawatt data center alongside an overseas partner it has not yet named.
The project lifts the company’s data center capacity target to 500 MW by 2030. Only a month earlier, that goal sat at 300 MW.
Chairman Harald Link tied the decision directly to surging data center demand driven by artificial intelligence.
What B.Grimm is building
B.Grimm is also exploring roughly 200 MW of data center developments in South Korea and Japan. These remain under study rather than committed.
B.Grimm has an existing joint venture with Digital Edge, a Singapore-based data center operator. The two are developing a hyperscale campus in Chonburi, inside Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).
That campus is designed with an initial capacity of around 96 to 100 MW. It is backed by an $880 million green loan, meaning financing tied to environmental and sustainability criteria. The first phase is targeted to be ready in the fourth quarter of 2026 or the first quarter of 2027, with operations rolling out in phases.
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Why a power company wants data centers
B.Grimm is a major Thai industrial power producer with installed generating capacity exceeding 3 GW. It also has a growing portfolio of renewable energy projects, which matters to tech clients chasing clean-energy commitments.
The 500 MW data center target equals roughly a sixth of B.Grimm’s current installed generating capacity.
The move also lines up with Thailand’s wider strategy. The country has been pushing to attract data center and AI investment, including projects linked to major tech firms. The EEC, where the Digital Edge campus sits, has long been the government’s showcase zone for advanced industry and foreign capital.
What this means for investors and the region
The $880 million green loan for the Digital Edge venture shows lenders are willing to back the strategy with real money.
The new overseas partner has not been publicly named, which leaves open questions about who brings what to the deal. The South Korea and Japan opportunities are still exploratory. And raising a target from 300 MW to 500 MW in a single month suggests a company moving quickly.
The first real test arrives when the initial phase of the Chonburi campus is due, in late 2026 or early 2027.
The next signals worth tracking are the identity of the overseas partner, any firm commitments in South Korea or Japan, and the progress of the Digital Edge campus toward its first phase.