Google's infrastructure investment here hits $6.7b with new data centre

This is up from L1b in 2022 when its third data centre here was launched

- Zhaki Abdullah

Google has increased its investment in infrastructure in Singapore to US$5 billion ($6.7 billion) with the completion of its fourth data centre here.

This is up from US$850 million (S$1.1 billion) in 2022 when its third data centre in the Republic was launched.

This was announced on June 3 during an event at Google's office in Mapletree Business City II in Pasir Panjang.

More than 500 people now work in Google data centres in Singapore, the tech giant said, noting that such centres power its popular digital services such as its search engine and Google Maps.

The specifications of the new facility were not provided.

Singapore is one of 11 countries where Google currently operates data centres, with the company's first data centre here launched in 2014 and its second coming online in 2015. Its data centres here are all located in Jurong West.

On May 30, Google said it would invest US$2 billion in Malaysia to develop its first data centre there.