Google to invest $15B in Malaysia data centers amid US bans and China sanctions reroute
xuanalogue · x · 2026-11-06
Per Kalshi, Google will invest $15 billion in Malaysian data centers. FabricioNakata quipped that China builds there to dodge compute sanctions while the US builds there because states keep banning data centers — and joked that when AGI arrives, Malaysia will nationalize them all and become the sole hegemon. The joke captures two real compute-geopolitics currents: sanction rerouting and US local backlash.
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