Google unveiled its plans today to invest US$15 billion (~RM61 billion) over two years, between 2027 and 2028, as part of the Malaysian government’s Digital Infrastructure expansion. Through the investment, Google also plans on building its own energy-efficient datacentre campuses within the industrial zones, while also improving the job skills of approximately 800,000 Malaysians by 2031.
Google’s investment will also benefit and bolster local water security, adding more than 1-gigawatt (GW) of power to the country’s National Grid. We’ve already covered this story a few days ago; the search engine is developing new water supply infrastructure in Negeri Sembilan. The project is intended to support its planned data centre campus in Port Dickson while also improving water supply for the surrounding communities.
