DayOne Launches Tech & AI Career Expo in Thailand

According to PR Newswire, DayOne Data Centers launched the DayOne Tech & AI Career Expo: Bangkok 2026 on April 25, 2026. The one-day event, held at Samyan Mitrtown Hall, welcomed over 800 participants, hosted more than 30 exhibiting companies, and connected candidates to over 600 roles, PR Newswire reports. The event was officiated in the presence of government and agency representatives including the Board of Investment of Thailand (BOI), Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EEC), Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), and strategic partner AMATA, per PR Newswire.

According to PR Newswire, DayOne entered Thailand with a US$1 billion investment commitment and broke ground on the Chonburi Tech Park Data Center Campus in 2025. PR Newswire states the development is progressing toward a multi-phase rollout, with more than 100MW of IT capacity expected to go live in 2026, and renewable energy integration beginning in 2027 through collaboration with Amata B.Grimm Ren.

Data center buildouts of the scale described typically require coordinated progress across power, land, and permitting, and they commonly align hiring and local talent programs with staged capacity brings. For practitioners, this pattern implies near-term opportunities in construction engineering, facilities operations, and renewables integration as units of IT capacity enter service.

Industry observers note Southeast Asia remains a high-growth region for hyperscale and edge capacity because of rising cloud adoption and AI workloads. Local hiring events that link government agencies, industrial estate partners, and private operators are a common mechanism to accelerate workforce readiness ahead of capacity commissioning, especially where major grid and renewable projects are involved.

Indicators to follow include reported commissioning milestones for the Chonburi campus, announcements of power purchase or renewable capacity contracts tied to the 2027 timeline, and employer listings that convert the stated 600+ roles into posted positions with technical job descriptions. PR Newswire is the source for the participation and timeline figures cited above.