Malaysia expects $50B AI and data centre investment from unnamed global investor

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said a global investor plans to put $50 billion (~RM204 billion) into Malaysia's AI, new technology and data centre sectors, covering Kuching in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia. The investor was not named; Oracle, AWS, Nvidia, Microsoft, ByteDance and Google have already committed billions to the country.

• Investment is valued at $50 billion, or about RM204 billion
• The project covers Kuching in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia
• The investor's identity is undisclosed; plans were shared via video conference
• Oracle pledged $6.5B, AWS $6.2B and Microsoft $2.2B previously