Google said on Wednesday it will invest $15 billion in Malaysia across 2027 and 2028, directing the money to data center campuses, clean energy, water security and worker training. The company plans new campuses in the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan, alongside its first Malaysian site at Elmina Business Park in Selangor, which is already operating. Google says construction will add an average of $1.1 billion a year to Malaysia's GDP and support more than 37,000 jobs annually. Once the sites are running, it expects them to sustain over 9,000 jobs a year, with pay about 45% above the national median. Alphabet and Google President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat said the plan fits Malaysia's development priorities and adds local power and water capacity as operations grow.

On power, Google said it will add more than 1 gigawatt of clean energy to the national grid and pay for all the electricity its campuses use, plus the direct costs of connecting them to the grid. It expects the Malaysian sites to run at a power usage effectiveness of 1.12 to 1.14, a measure where lower numbers mean less energy lost outside the computing itself. The company also announced four programs to train 800,000 Malaysians over the next five years. The pledge on power costs comes as data center projects across Asia draw growing public pushback over energy and water use.

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