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Dr Poonpat Leesombatpiboon, Energy Regulatory Commission of Thailand
14–17 September 2026; exact appearance still to resolve
Gastech 2026, BITEC Bangkok — confirmed Strategic Leadership speaker
Why your time matters
Thailand's energy regulator can explain what regulatory and evidential thresholds convert proposed data-centre demand into credible system-planning demand, and where grid or market rules constrain delivery.
What StrataWire still does not know
- How much proposed data-centre load is firm enough to plan around, how much can be energised by requested dates, and what physical or contractual constraint explains the remainder?
Ask these three
1. At what point should a proposed data centre count as committed electricity demand for Thai regulatory and system-planning purposes?
2. Which current rule or approval process is most likely to determine how quickly very large new loads can connect?
3. What evidence would make you conclude that Thailand's data-centre demand forecasts are running ahead of projects that will actually energise?
Challenge cue
The regulator may describe policy rather than actual project conversion. Ask for the observable evidence or threshold that separates the two.