Google has pledged US$15 billion over 2027 and 2028 to expand its Malaysian data centre footprint, a sevenfold jump from the US$2 billion committed in 2024. Ken Siah, Principal for Global Infrastructure, Asia Pacific at Google, tells the Breakfast Grill that 93% of Malaysian workers now use AI daily, Malay-language Gemini prompts have more than doubled in a year, and the build-out is projected to support 37,000 jobs annually during construction and over 9,000 once operational, alongside a planned one gigawatt of new clean energy for the grid.

Yet the expansion lands as regulators weigh whether Malaysia's grid and water systems can absorb 117 already-approved projects plus 24 more pending applications. Siah addresses how Google squares its growth with that strain and what accountability looks like for a data centre operator paying full tariffs with no incentives. Tune in to hear him lay out Google's answer.