Ruth Porat

Built World

In office

Google will spend US$15 billion building data centres in Malaysia in 2027 and 2028. The company says it will pay for all the electricity its campuses use, cover the cost of connecting them to the grid, and work with utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad to add more than 1 gigawatt of clean energy capacity.

Updated 4 days ago

Built World

As of May 2026: Overseeing infrastructure and data center investments

Alphabet just paid $4.75 billion for a power company, securing 10.8 gigawatts of capacity—enough to power 8 million homes. Tech giants spent 2024 locking down nuclear reactors and signing multibillion-dollar energy deals because there's not enough electricity for AI.

Updated May 16