Muhyiddin: Microsoft to invest US$1bil in Malaysia to set up datacentres

Muhyiddin delivering his speech during the launch of the Microsoft Together With Malaysia Global Event today. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: Microsoft Corporation will invest US$1bil (RM4.12bil) over the next five years in Malaysia as part of a new partnership programme with government agencies and local companies, the South-East Asian nation’s prime minister said on April 19.

The announcement on what would be the US tech giant’s biggest investment in Malaysia comes after the country in February gave conditional approvals for Microsoft, Google, Amazon and state telecoms firm Telekom Malaysia to build and manage hyper-scale data centres and provide cloud services.