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Alphabet’s unit (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google said that the completion of the expansion of its cloud infrastructure and data center in Singapore meant that the company had invested $5B in technical systems in the country, Reuters reported.
The U.S. tech giant said the data center in Singapore employ over 500 people and are used to power services such as Google Search and Maps, the report added.
Last week, Google noted that it will invest $2B in Malaysia to build its first data center in the South Asian nation as well as a Google Cloud hub. Google’s push into the region comes nearly a month after Microsoft (MSFT) said it would invest $2.2B over four years into the country’s cloud and AI infrastructure.
Microsoft’s Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella was on a three-country tour of Southeast Asia — Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia — about a month ago. Nadella’s visit to Southeast Asia came on the heels of Apple’s (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook’s visit to the region, as companies look to Asian nations, other than China, as new growth markets with potential places to expand operations amid rising geopolitical tensions.