IEA Projects AI Data Center Power Demand to More Than Double by 2030

ALT Telecom Public Company Limited, or ALT, disclosed that it is in negotiations for additional deals with global-tier customers, the Global Hyperscalers, in the fourth quarter of 2026, after signing network and digital infrastructure lease contracts worth a total of approximately 2 billion baht in the third quarter of 2026, with a contract term of 20 years. Preeyaporn Tangpaosak, Managing Director, told the Stock Vision news team that the company targets double-digit growth in revenue in the second half of 2026, driven by recurring revenue recognition from its existing network. The expansion of its large-customer base has raised the value of work awaiting revenue recognition, or backlog, for the group from 5.115 billion baht as of the second quarter of 2026 to approximately 6.9 billion baht in September 2026. The company is also proceeding with bids for smart grid power network systems and AMI smart meter installation work for the Provincial Electricity Authority and the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, as well as government work in security and digital fields, with a combined value of several billion baht. It is also pushing to connect networks in the Eastern Economic Corridor, or EEC, with data centers in Bangkok and overseas, setting a target internal rate of return, or IRR, for new projects of no less than 10 to 15 percent. The company sees three key drivers supporting revenue and profit growth over the next 12 to 18 months: the data center and AI trend, growth in smart meter and smart grid work, and margin expansion from operating leverage.

Blackfuel announced in late September 2026 that it has chosen Digital Realty's BCN1 data center in Barcelona to host and scale its liquid-cooled, AMD GPU-powered AI inference platform, tightly integrated with the ServiceFabric interconnection network for low-latency, private connectivity. The move comes shortly after Digital Realty's plan to add a new cable landing station at its LAX12 facility, which is slated to support subsea cables from 2028, tying subsea routes into the company's interconnection fabric. Together, the two projects support Digital Realty's near-term interconnection and AI demand catalyst, including the conversion of a US$1.9b lease backlog and US$410m of recent hyperscale signings into revenue. The company's narrative projects $9.7 billion in revenue and $1.4 billion in earnings by 2029, requiring 12.7% yearly revenue growth and an earnings increase of about $0.6 billion from $758.3 million today. The central debate remains Digital Realty's enlarged 1.4 GW, US$4.25b to US$4.75b 2026 CapEx plan and whether demand will match that build out, with three fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community spanning roughly US$223 to US$303 per share.