PETALING JAYA: Google will invest US$15 billion (RM61 billion) in Malaysia over the next two years, covering data centre development, artificial intelligence (AI) skills training, water security and clean energy.
The investment, announced under its Mantap Malaysia Bersama AI initiative today, includes new data centre campuses in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan in 2027 and 2028.
Google said the construction phase is expected to support 37,000 jobs annually, including 6,000 construction jobs, contribute US$1.1 billion a year to gross domestic product and generate US$378 million in average annual labour income.
Once operational, the facilities are expected to sustain 9,000 jobs, with wages projected to be 45% above the national median. The company has engaged 80 Malaysian entities to develop and operate the infrastructure.
Google will also introduce four programmes to equip 800,000 Malaysians with AI skills by 2031, targeting educators, small businesses, local council officers and the data centre workforce.
It plans to rehabilitate Sungai Buloh and Sungai Selangor, install rainwater harvesting systems at Selangor schools and facilitate the connection of 1GW of clean energy to the national grid through the Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme.
The company said its data centres would target a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.12 to 1.14, below the industry average of 1.54.
The initiatives were launched at Universiti Malaya in the presence of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Alphabet and Google president and chief investment officer Ruth Porat.
“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,” Porat said.
