Google says Malaysia investments to add US$3bil to its GDP by 2030, create 26,500 jobs

KUALA LUMPUR: Google said on Tuesday its investments in Malaysia would create 26,500 jobs and contribute more than $3 billion to its economy by 2030, as it announced its new data centre and Cloud region there had broken ground.

The start of construction of the new $2 billion data centre in Malaysia follows Monday's announcement of its multi-year partnership with local tech firm Dagang Nexchange Berhad (DNeX) to provide sovereign cloud services.