Google on Wednesday unveiled its plan for responsible digital infrastructure development in Malaysia, including an investment of $15 billion over the next two years (2027 to 2028).
Announced in the presence of Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Google’s integrated plan delivers energy-efficient data center campuses in industrial zones and new collaborations to upskill approximately 800,000 Malaysians by 2031, bolster local water security, and add more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of clean energy capacity to Malaysia’s National Grid, according to a statement.
Google said the latest investment builds on Google’s more than 15-year presence in Malaysia and expands on the company’s digital infrastructure investment announced in 2024.
Since opening its first local office in 2011, Google has helped shape and grow the nation’s digital ecosystem through successive skilling initiatives and products tailored to local needs.
Today, Malaysia is one of Southeast Asia’s most dynamic digital economies, driven by 99 percent internet penetration and rapid AI adoption across government agencies, businesses, and consumers.
To support Malaysia’s next phase of growth and meet rising local demand, Google’s in-country infrastructure will provide the world-class computing capacity needed to run homegrown, next-generation digital and AI applications.
It will also power Google services—such as Search, Maps, and Chrome—used daily by millions of people and organizations across Malaysia and the Asia-Pacific region.
This footprint includes Google’s first data center campus in Elmina Business Park, Selangor—which is now operational—and new, planned campuses in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.
In addition, Google’s computing capacity in Selangor will support its upcoming Google Cloud region in Malaysia for enterprise customers.
Alphabet and Google President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat said, “This investment aligns with Malaysia’s development priorities—providing the foundational computing capacity to deliver the upside of innovation across the country while adding local power and water resources as our operations scale.”
“At the community level, Google is proud to partner with local suppliers to expand their expertise and to equip workers, students, and entrepreneurs with in-demand skills, enabling Malaysians to capture the new opportunities unlocked by this computing capacity.”
Minister of Digital Gobind Singh Deo said, “Google’s comprehensive blueprint sets a high standard for sustainable, high-impact digital infrastructure development in Malaysia.”
According to Google, the company is working with a domestic supply chain of more than 80 Malaysian entities to develop and operate its infrastructure in the country, spanning construction and civil engineering; network infrastructure; power and cooling system components; and services like logistics, legal, catering, and waste management.
The construction phase of Google’s new campuses (2027 to 2028) is expected to contribute an annual average of $1.1 billion to Malaysia’s GDP and support more than 37,000 local jobs per year, generating $378 million in average annual labor income. Approximately 6,000 of these jobs are estimated to be in construction.
Once operational, the facilities are projected to sustain more than 9,000 local jobs per year, with wages averaging 45 percent above the national median.
Google has already established a full local on-site team for its operations at Elmina Business Park and is actively recruiting local technical and facilities management talent for its other planned campuses.
Google also announced four new programs aimed at upskilling 800,000 Malaysians over the next five years (2027 to 2031), focusing on educators and youth, microentrepreneurs, civil servants, and vocational jobseekers, starting with communities in the states that host its campuses.
Google also announced two new water replenishment projects, the “Sungai Buloh and Sungai Selangor river basin stewardship” and “school-based water resilience centers”.
The water replenished through these projects is quantified using the Volumetric Water Benefit Accounting methodology and audited by independent third-party hydrologists.
Google aLeo announced plans to bring more than 1 GW of new clean energy capacity to Malaysia’s National Grid.
The company said this aimed to increase the country’s power supply and accelerate its clean energy transition alongside the growth of the digital economy, on top of Google’s ongoing partnerships with consortiums led by Shizen Energy-Solarvest and TotalEnergies to support grid resilience and decarbonization.
Anchored by its collaboration with Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Google plans to enable the development of new clean energy generation facilities under Malaysia’s Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme.
To account for the intermittency of energy sources like solar, the collaboration will also explore pioneering round-the-clock clean energy projects in Malaysia.
Google said it will pay for 100 percent of the power its data center campuses use and the direct infrastructure costs required to connect them to the grid, while complying with all applicable local regulations.
In 2027, Google plans to invest in new community-based initiatives in Malaysia that further strengthen grid resilience and safeguard energy affordability, including programs that bring down electricity bills for households in the states hosting its infrastructure.
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