M’sia secures RM9.4bil Google investment

Google CFO Ruth Porat said the data centre and the cloud region was Google’s largest planned investment so far in Malaysia.

PETALING JAYA: Four weeks after Microsoft unveiled its US$2.2bil investment in Malaysia, Google has pledged to invest US$2bil (RM9.4bil) that includes a hyperscale data centre to be built by Gamuda Bhd in Sime Darby Property Bhd’s Elmina Business Park.

The data centre will be Google’s first in the country and once operational, Malaysia will join the 11 countries where Google currently runs data centres to serve its global users.