Singapore – Google has announced the completion of its latest data center and cloud region campus expansion in Singapore, bringing the company’s total investment in technical infrastructure in nation to US$5b.
This comes off the back of Google’s recently announced US$2 billion investment in Malaysia, which includes the development of the country’s first Google data center and Google Cloud region to meet the growing demand for cloud services locally and around the world, and Al literacy programs for Malaysian students and educators.
The Google data center in Singapore will power Google’s popular digital services such as Search, Maps, and workspace and will play an important role in enabling Google to deliver AI benefits to users and customers across Singapore.
Moreover, the Google Cloud region will deliver high-performance and low-latency services to large enterprises, startups and public sector organizations. Google Cloud customers will also benefit from key controls that allow them to maintain security, data residency and compliance standards.
This expansion of Google’s data center and cloud region infrastructure will help address the growing demand for cloud services locally and around the world. Complementing strategic initiatives that Google has been running in partnership with the Singapore Government, such as AI Trailblazers, Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First Singapore, and Skills Ignition SG, this move affirms the Government’s move to establish Singapore as a regional data center hub, while supporting Singapore’s National AI Strategy 2.0 and its focus on compute infrastructure to fuel AI-led economic development.
Kate Brandt, chief sustainability officer at Google, said, “Data centres serve as the growth engines for digital progress by providing the foundation for digital transformation and innovation. The expansion of our data center campus in Singapore reaffirms our commitment to helping Southeast Asian organizations capitalize on digital opportunities, while ensuring that growth is as sustainable as possible.”
She added, “Google is deeply committed to managing our environmental footprint, playing a key role in supporting a just climate transition, and helping to accelerate the global transition to a net-zero future.”
