Google’s huge investment in Malaysia strengthens the country’s position as an attractive destination for technology investments, and contributes to driving economic growth and providing job opportunities.
The Malaysian government announced a huge investment by Google worth $2 billion to establish its first data center in the country, strengthening its position as an attractive destination for technology investments in the region.
The announcement comes on the heels of a series of major investments in Malaysia’s technology sector, including Microsoft’s $2.2 billion investment in artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
Google’s investment will support 26,500 jobs across various sectors in Malaysia, including healthcare, education and finance. In addition, the data center and cloud zone will advance Malaysia’s digital ambitions set out in its 2030 flagship project.
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This investment comes as part of the Malaysian government’s efforts to attract investments worth at least $107 billion to the semiconductor sector, in addition to plans to build the largest integrated circuit design complex in Southeast Asia.
The new data center is expected to play a crucial role in enhancing Malaysia’s cloud infrastructure and providing high-performance, low-latency, analytics and AI services to enterprises, startups and public sector organisations.
