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Microsoft commits US$2.2bn to cloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia

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Source: Microsoft

Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella announced in Kuala Lumpur on 2 May 2024 a US$2.2 billion investment in Malaysia over four years, the largest in Microsoft’s 32 years in the country. It covers cloud and AI data centres, AI training for 200,000 more people, a national AI Centre of Excellence with the government and cybersecurity work with NACSA.

Why it matters

Malaysian businesses and agencies gained a plan for local hyperscale cloud and AI capacity, and Malaysia added a large US commitment to its data-centre build-out.

When
2 May 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0172
Who
Microsoft, NACSA; Satya Nadella

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Microsoft. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

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Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0172: “Microsoft commits US$2.2bn to cloud and AI infrastructure in Malaysia.” wheresthe.ai, 2 May 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/my-microsoft-2-2bn-cloud-ai-investment-2024-05/ (source: Microsoft).

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