BANGKOK, May 1 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT ) will open its first

regional data centre in Thailand, the tech giant said on

Wednesday, as it looks to widen availability of cloud services.

Areas that would also benefit were enterprise-grade

reliability, performance, and compliance with data residency and

privacy standards, the company added in a statement.

"The datacenter region will expand the availability of

Microsoft's ( MSFT ) hyperscale cloud services," it said.