Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (centre) and president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google Ruth Porat at the Google Mantap Malaysia Bersama AI at University Malaya. Flanking them are digital minister Gobind Singh Deo and communications minister i Fahmi Fadzil. (Bernama pic)KUALA LUMPUR: Google plans to invest US$15 billion (RM61.1 billion) in Malaysia from 2027 to 2028 in digital infrastructure development, the expansion of data centre campuses, and clean energy and water supply initiatives.

The investment is expected to contribute an annual average of RM4.48 billion to the nation’s GDP throughout the construction phase over the two years.

Ruth Porat, the president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and its subsidiary, Google LLC, announced this at an event at Universiti Malaya today with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.