Thailand and Singapore Are Wiring Themselves Together Under the Ocean — Here’s Why Every AI Investor in Southeast Asia Should Care

On September 10, 2026, two of Southeast Asia’s biggest infrastructure players announced they are going to lay new fiber-optic cable across the seabed between Thailand and Singapore. GULF (formally Gulf Development Public Company Limited, a Thai energy conglomerate listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, or SET — Thailand’s national stock market, roughly the equivalent … Read more

Why a Cable at the Bottom of the Ocean Could Decide Who Wins Southeast Asia’s AI Race

Two of Southeast Asia’s biggest infrastructure players just placed a multi-billion-baht bet that has nothing to do with factories, tourism, or exports — Thailand’s classic economic pillars. Instead, it’s about fiber-optic glass strands running along the seabed of the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea. On September 10, 2026, Gulf Development and Singtel … Read more