smart eco industrial estates

Smart Eco
Industrial Estates

WHA Industrial Development is continuing to implement smart technologies to enhance the concept of Smart Eco-Industrial Estates that supports the smooth manufacturing operations of factories, logistics and other businesses.

WHA Smart Eco Industrial Estates represent WHA Industrial Development’s (WHAID) flagship model for next‑generation industrial estates. The concept integrates smart technologies with sustainability to enhance operational efficiency, environmental stewardship, safety, and digital connectivity across its estates. WHAID positions Smart Eco Industrial Estates as a strategic differentiator in Thailand and Vietnam, ensuring that investors operate in highly efficient, secure, and future‑ready industrial environments. These estates are built to support high-tech manufacturing, green energy adoption, resilience in water and environmental management, and strong digital infrastructure.

According to WHAID and industry analyses, the Smart Eco concept is anchored on 6 pillars that guide the development and management of all Smart Eco Industrial Estates

  1. Smart Facilities : Enhancing core infrastructure using smart technologies to improve environmental quality, resilience, and operational reliability. Examples include air-quality monitoring systems and environmentally friendly construction materials.
  2. Smart Mobility : Supporting future-forward logistics through clean-energy solutions, intelligent traffic management, and full support for electric vehicles.
  3. Smart Power : Creating stable and environmentally friendly energy solutions, including solar rooftops, floating solar systems, and waste-to-energy projects. WHA also enables energy trading for surplus renewable energy
  4. Smart Water : Comprehensive water-resource management, such as real-time water-quality monitoring, advanced wastewater treatment, and reclaimed-water systems to reduce natural resource consumption. Flood forecasting and crisis-water management are also part of this pillar
  5. Smart Communication & Services : Delivering seamless, high-speed connectivity via underground fiber optics and 5G networks. WHA also provides digital platforms—including LBMS for maintenance and WHAsApp, a super app consolidating WHA services—to enhance transparency, communication, and efficiency for tenants.
  6. Smart Security : Ensuring estate-wide security through AI-enabled surveillance, drones, license-plate recognition systems, and 24/7 centralized security control.
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Central Control Center

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Traffic Control Center
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Security System
(Closed Circuit TV)
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Environmental Monitoring
Control Center (EMC^2)
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Water Treatment
Plant Control Center
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Wastewater Treatment
Plant Control Center

Smart Industrial Estate Certificate

WHA Industrial Estate Rayong (WHA IER) received a Smart Industrial Estate certificate in the New City category at the Digital Thailand Big Bang 2019. The industrial estate was recognized by Digital Economy Promotion Agency's Smart City Thailand Office for its commitment to developing a smart industrial estate (Smart IE).

The certificate program is aimed at supporting sustainable city management using technology and innovations, in line with the government's Thailand 4.0 initiative.

smart industrial estate certificate

Smart Utilities

WHA Utilities and Power (WHAUP) aims to introduce new solutions and innovation in order to improve products and serve wider customer base.

We apply the advantage of the Internet of Things (IoT) to provide real time information that consists of the utilization of industrial land, industrial water, production processes, solar rooftop panels, online monitoring and management systems, the smart power grid, waste management and utilities management.

Environmental protection is enhanced by smart systems at the Industrial Estate Monitoring Center for air quality monitoring and online wastewater treatment control. For electricity service, the Company signed a memorandum of understanding with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) for a joint feasibility study on energy innovation projects which will be applied in WHA’s industrial estates.

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Smart Technologies

With the coming of smart technologies, the revolution of digital technologies is ready to make an impact on the industrial sector. As industries worldwide are becoming more connected and dependent on automation and information systems.

WHA invested in digital infrastructure including FTTx, data center, and network infrastructure to support all businesses. Apart from smart communication infrastructures, the Company also offers various managed services and digital solutions such as IT outsourcing, VMS-video management service, IP-PBX telephone technology, call center, email system, website development, firewall, backup system, co-location and access control systems.