Google's multi-billion ringgit data centre in Elmina will be equipped with water-cooling system that consumes less power and helps reduce carbon emissions.
’s first data centre in Malaysia has finally received its groundbreaking ceremony today. Led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim together with the President and Chief Investment Officer of Alphabet and Google, Ruth Porat, the ceremony took place almost five months after the tech giant revealed its plan toInvolving an investment of USD2 billion , Google’s first data centre in Malaysia is located at Elmina Business Park in Sungai Buloh. The company estimated that the new facility will contribute USD3.
Google previously said that the data centre would be powering its popular services such as Search, Maps, and Workspace as well as artificial intelligence. We do know that the establishment of the data centre will also turn Malaysia into one of its Google Cloud regions. The only new detail that we have learned today is the fact that Google’s new data centre at Elmina will be using water-cooling technology which uses 10% less energy when compared to air-cooling systems. In addition to the energy savings, the technology also resulted in 10% less carbon emissions.Google has taken the opportunity to announce several new initiatives during the groundbreaking ceremony today.
On the education front, Google has also become the latest partner of Future Skills For All . Originally launched in 2017, the long-running computer science awareness and literacy initiative is a collaboration between UNICEF, CelcomDigi, the Ministry of Education, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation , and Arus Academy.
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