Google announces $2bn investment in Malaysia, as gov’t hails 26,500 jobs
Al Jazeera
Tech giant says investment in Southeast Asian country will ‘pave the way for delivering the transformative power of AI’.
Google has announced that it will invest $2bn in Malaysia to establish its first data centre and “cloud region” in the Southeast Asian country.
“This investment is not just about infrastructure; it’s about unlocking new possibilities for businesses, educators, and every Malaysian,” Farhan S Qureshi, country director for Google Malaysia, said in a blog post on Thursday.
Qureshi said the Google data centre would power services such as Google Search and Google Maps and “pave the way for delivering the transformative power of AI to users and customers across the country”.
The Google Cloud region will offer “high-performance, low-latency cloud services” to enterprises, startups, and public sector organisations alongside “key controls that allow them to maintain the highest security and compliance standards,” Qureshi said.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the investment would add $3.2bn to the country’s economy and create 26,500 jobs by 2030.
