Jason M. Cronen

TikTok Boosts Thailand Investment Plans to $8.8 Billion (Bloomberg) -- Chinese-owned video platform TikTok pledged to spend $8.8 billion in data center hosting services in Thailand over the next five years, more than doubling an earlier investment target f...

It's great to see TikTok boosting its Thai data center investment to $8.8 billion over five years, more than doubling its earlier commitment, joining major tech firms like Google, Microsoft, and AWS in the country's booming data hosting sector. #thailand #southeastasia #investment

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

Done. ✅

Good conversation, Jordan. Quite a time to be going back to China for a visit. You’ll soon notice how quickly skepticism and distrust have increased as to what America’s new motives are in Emerging Asia.

Watching media owners/ execs jet in to kiss the ring shows that the almighty dollar trumps everything. I wonder how much money & power is enough for these people?

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Always interested in talking about Da Nang, Charlie. My GF and I are planning on being there for a few weeks in June during the fireworks festival; I lived in Hội An before the pandemic and love a lot of the sustainability and smart building initiatives in Quang Nam.

The American shopping mall is being reinvented | CNN Business As major retailers and department stores continue closing, malls are looking for ways to boost foot traffic and sales.

American malls were never dead. The decades-old design just needed to be revisited.

Sad state of affairs, JB. I have friends working for NGOs as well as USAID in Southeast Asia and their office doors are locked, no paychecks coming, and emails shut off.

Good. His voters can live with crushing prices and no opportunity to achieve their dreams. Meanwhile, middle-income consumers in Emerging Asia will be 20x of the U.S. population by the end of the decade.

Hi Carl – as an entrepreneur and investor in 50+ startups, I think that there’s a lot of truth to Sam’s point. In the “move fast, break things” world, forgiveness comes easy, and the media creates huge paper value for some of these guys while Elon trolls. All news is good news, as the saying goes.

IYKYK on Sylvain. Strongly consider Gris-Gris for brunch, although you’re probably slammed on Super Bowl Sunday with work.

GREAT week to be down there. Have a blast. Go into the newly reopened Central Grocery for a Muffuletta before the crowds! 💜💚💛

Fascinating conversation and a breath of fresh air for families of all types 🇹🇭

Good luck, Kat. We’ll be following.

Bangkok, April 2022, as COVID restrictions finally began to ease and the city came back to life. #bangkok #thailand #photography

Quick trip stateside to San Francisco and a warm day at Crissy Field during Fleet Week, October 2023 #sanfrancisco #travel #photography

States and Construction Trades Most Reliant on Immigrant Workers, 2023 As reported in a previous post, immigrants make up one in four workers in the construction industry. The share of immigrants is significantly higher (32.5%) among construction tradesmen. In some state...

Would love to hear who will be rebuilding all these homes & businesses with California’s construction industry already staffed with ~41% migrant labor and the president’s quid pro quo on disaster relief looming…

Yes, they have. Through the 2 captured POWs and their military manuals found on their persons. The Ukrainian military shared proof of this weeks ago.

Hanging out with my buddy Ali in Jaipur, India, September 2023, after attending the G-20 Summit. I’m looking forward to going back to India with my girlfriend later this year. #india #jaipur #travel #photography

Khlong Muang Beach, Thailand, April 2020, as the country locked down for the pandemic. Two weeks before this, my buddy and I rode motorcycles from Kuala Lumpur to Krabi and life was pretty normal in Southeast Asia. What happened in the months to come was surreal. #thailand #travel #photography

Enjoying following your thoughts, Mike. Those of us Americans abroad, especially in Emerging Asia, are following the whipsaw of Trump’s actions with bated breath. And Elon WASN’T ELECTED so I don’t know where his mandate came from.

Holy cow. My College of Charleston roommate is from Mullins and I have many good Pee Dee friends. I also lived in South Carolina for 16 great years. I want to hear more about this ASAP. Can you DM me?

Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It. A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?

Traditional economic models vastly underestimate the costs and impact of climate change on global GDP growth, which could decline by approximately 50% between 2070 and 2090, according to the U.K. Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter. #climatechange #globaleconomy

Meanwhile those of us Americans with pre-existing health conditions will just cross our fingers and hope the surgical debt doesn’t kill us, so we can get back to our work.

Holy cow, that looks amazing!

The most anticipated buildings of 2025 New museums, works that will change Milan and Rome forever, and new towers: the architectures we expect to see completed by the end of next year are associated with great names, from Jean Nouvel to OM...

From Rome to Rabat and New York to Paris, here’s a great preview of 2025’s most anticipated buildings globally. Really cool to see such impactful design. #architecture #design #travel

This interview was great, Jordan. Many timely topics during a confusing time around the globe.

Mekong River, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand

#thailand #nature #photography

Can’t imagine they will stay away as super conferences are all that remain and NIL dollars continue to roll in…