Google lines up US$15 billion to expand Malaysian data centres

Details: James Barton; Category: Data Centres & Networks; 05 November 2026; 439 views

Google has announced plans to invest US$15 billion in Malaysia across the next two years.

The investment will see Google construct new energy-efficient data centre campuses in the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, as well as improving water security, adding more than 1 gigawatt of clean energy capacity to ⁠Malaysia's national grid, and training up to 800,000 Malaysian workers across the next five years.

The new data centre campuses will join Google’s operational facility at Elmina Business Park in Selangor. Google anticipates that the construction phase will support more than 37,000 local jobs per year, and noted that once in operation they are expected to sustain more than 9,000 local jobs per year, with wages averaging 45% above the national median, according to a report from Reuters.

Alphabet and Google's 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.”

Noting that Google expects the construction phase to contribute an annual average of $1.1 billion to Malaysia's GDP, Google underlined that it would pay for 100% of the power consumption of its campuses, as well as the direct infrastructure costs required to connect them ⁠to the grid, while complying with all applicable local regulations.

Google’s investment follows the Malaysian government reappraising its overseas investment incentives for data centres after attracting higher than expected demand. Thailand has experienced a similar surge in interest, prompting both countries to rethink.