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

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Google said on Tuesday (Oct 1) its investments in Malaysia would create 26,500 jobs and contribute more than US$3 billion to its economy by 2030, as it announced its new data centre and Cloud region there had broken ground.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yeypsa34  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Google said on Tuesday its investments in Malaysia would create 26,500 jobs and contribute

00:12more than US$3 billion to its economy by 2030, as it announced its new data center and cloud

00:19region there had broken ground.

00:22I think what's exciting is Malaysia is so well positioned to benefit and capture this

00:28moment because of the inherent nature of what is here, a young and tech-savvy population,

00:35a favorable business environment in a very strategic location, and as the Prime Minister

00:40has demonstrated, a commitment to attracting tech investment and playing a leadership role,

00:47reflected, for example, in your significant and growing semiconductor industry and the

00:52national AI office that you're establishing later this year.

00:57The start of construction of the new $2 billion data center in Malaysia follows Monday's announcement

01:03of its multi-year partnership with local tech firm Dagang Nexchange Berhad to provide sovereign

01:09cloud services.

01:10Our investments are designed to provide high performance and reliability needed to meet

01:16the rising demand for cloud and AI services across the country.

01:21We also announced a series of local digital skilling and sustainability partnerships.

01:25I was proud to have time to speak with the Prime Minister about this.

01:28It is our commitment at Google to make sure that we're really building out a full ecosystem

01:34that meets the values and goals and mission of the Prime Minister.

01:38Google's moves are a part of a wider expansion by global tech companies into Southeast Asia,

01:43as they vie for a greater presence in a region with a young tech-savvy population of 670 million.

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