Data Center Board meeting on Sept 4 for zoning and safety standards

MGR Online•Economy•8d ago

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The Data Center Policy Committee will hold its first meeting on September 4 to establish zoning and safety regulations for data centers.

•Ekniti Nitithanprapas will chair the first Data Center Policy Committee meeting on September 4.
•The meeting aims to organize zoning, review building controls, and set safety standards for data centers.
•The Department of Energy Business will file a complaint on September 3 against a data center for illegal fuel storage.
•The Ministry of Energy will ban fuel storage for emergency generators in urban communities until the board defines policy criteria.

•The Data Center Policy Committee will hold its first meeting on September 4.
•Ekniti Nitithanprapas will lead the meeting to organize zoning and review building control and safety standards for data centers.
•The Data Center Policy Committee intends to address data centers that exploit legal loopholes and are not following the law.
•The Ministry of Energy will propose that the National Economic and Social Development Council, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, electricity, and water authorities collaborate on zoning and safety criteria.
•A data center on Rama 9 Road was found to store approximately 200,000 liters of diesel fuel for emergency generators without a legal permit.
•The Department of Energy Business will file a complaint on September 3 to prosecute the Rama 9 Road data center under the Fuel Control Act 1999.
•The Department of Energy Business confirmed that the illegal fuel has been pumped out of the tanks, though some residue remains.
•The Ministry of Energy will not permit fuel storage for emergency generators in urban community areas until the Data Center Policy Committee establishes policy criteria.

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Ekniti Nitithanprapas(เอกนิติ นิติทัณฑ์ประภาศ)ℹ️

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance who chairs the Data Center Policy Committee.

Thitiphat Chotidechachainan(ฐิติภัสร์ โชติเดชาชัยนันต์)

Secretary to the Minister of Energy.

Data Center Policy Committee(คณะกรรมการนโยบายการประกอบกิจการดาต้าเซ็นเตอร์)

A committee chaired by Ekniti Nitithanprapas tasked with organizing data center zoning and standards.

Ministry of Finance(กระทรวงการคลัง)ℹ️

The ministry headed by Ekniti Nitithanprapas.

Ministry of Energy()ℹ️

The ministry responsible for fuel storage permits and proposing zoning criteria for data centers.

National Economic and Social Development Council(สำนักงานสภาพัฒนาการเศรษฐกิจและสังคมแห่งชาติ)

An organization requested by the Ministry of Energy to help develop zoning and safety criteria.

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration(กรุงเทพมหานคร)ℹ️

An organization requested by the Ministry of Energy to help develop zoning and safety criteria.

Department of Energy Business(กรมธุรกิจพลังงาน)

The agency that inspected the Rama 9 Road data center and will file a legal complaint.

Rama 9 Road(ถนนพระราม 9)ℹ️

The location of a data center that stored fuel without a permit.

Fuel Control Act 1999(พ.ร.บ.ควบคุมน้ำมันเชื้อเพลิง พ.ศ. 2542)

The law under which the Department of Energy Business is prosecuting the data center.