Google to spend $15 billion expanding Malaysia data center, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar attends launch event

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Google to spend $15 billion to expand Malaysia data center; Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar attends launch event

Cailian Press Li Ying, Editor Wang Tianyong 2026-11-04 18:43

① Google will invest $15 billion in Malaysia from 2027 to 2028 to expand its data center; ② Google expects that during the construction of the new campus, it will contribute an average of $1.1 billion to Malaysia's GDP annually; ③ As of July this year, Malaysia has approved 27 data center projects with an investment amount of about $55.4 billion.

Cailian Press, Nov. 4 (Editor Li Ying) — Google announced it will invest $15 billion in Malaysia from 2027 to 2028 to build a data center campus and to invest in clean energy, water resources, skills training and other fields, about 7.5 times the investment amount it committed in 2024. Malaysia is becoming an important host for global tech companies deploying computing power in Southeast Asia.

According to media reports on Nov. 4 local time, U.S. tech giant Google announced in Kuala Lumpur that day that it plans to spend $15 billion to expand its data center and cloud computing business in Malaysia. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar attended the launch event.

According to reports, the related investment will be implemented between 2027 and 2028, with funds used to build a new data center campus and invested in local water resource security, clean energy and resident skills training and other fields.

On energy, Google plans to add more than 1 gigawatt of clean energy capacity to Malaysia's national grid. On talent, Google announced four new programs aimed at improving the skills of about 800,000 Malaysians within the next five years.

On water resources, Google has already taken concrete action. The company recently announced it would spend $160 million to build shared water supply infrastructure in Negeri Sembilan, south of Kuala Lumpur, to support its planned data center operations while also serving local communities.

Google expects that during the construction of the new campus, it will contribute an average of $1.1 billion to Malaysia's GDP each year and support more than 37,000 local jobs.

After the data center is put into operation, it is expected to sustain more than 9,000 local jobs each year, covering technicians, electromechanical engineers, and logistics and security management personnel, with average wages 45% higher than Malaysia's national median.

Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer of Google parent company Alphabet, said at the launch event that this investment reflects the company's confidence in the strength of Malaysia's leadership, its skilled workforce and its enthusiasm for digital transformation.

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar said Google's investment respects Malaysia's resources and demonstrates confidence in the Malaysian people. He said: "Our country has stability, talent, and the ambition to become Southeast Asia's leading digital power."

This is not Google's first large-scale investment in Malaysia. In May 2024, Google announced a $2 billion investment to build its first data center and Google Cloud region in Malaysia in Selangor state.

Google is not the only company betting on Malaysia. According to media reports, Oracle, Amazon, Chinese tech giant Alibaba and TikTok parent company ByteDance and other companies have already established a presence locally to meet the data storage and processing needs brought by the growth of AI service users.

Reports say that Malaysia, with relatively low costs, reliable infrastructure and the geographical advantage of being adjacent to business centers such as Singapore, has become a major data center hub in Southeast Asia.

In terms of overall scale, Malaysia's Digital Ministry said in a written reply to parliament in October that as of July this year, the country had approved 27 data center projects with an expected total investment of about 225.97 billion ringgit (about $55.4 billion).

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