Bersama Malaysia: Microsoft Commits US$1 Billion Investment to Establish Data Center in Malaysia Bersama Malaysia: Microsoft Commits US$1 Billion Investment to Establish Data Center in Malaysia May 10, 2021 Posted by ASEAN Briefing Written by Lisa Prodent Reading Time: 5 minutes Microsoft is establishing its first data center in Malaysia, which is expected to create 19,000 jobs and generate US$4.6 billion in revenue for the country. The government hopes this initiative will help skill an additional one million Malaysians for IT, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud-services jobs by 2030. The government aims to establish a favorable tax system to stimulate foreign high-tech and digital investments. For the time being, companies can benefit from green data center incentives.