Google Signs Solar Power Pact in Malaysia With Shizen Energy

Bloomberg.com · last updated December 14, 2025 – 4:54 PM

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has signed a solar power agreement in Malaysia, as the tech giant looks to secure clean electricity for its operations globally.

Google will buy power from a 30-megawatt solar farm developed by a consortium led by a local unit of Japan’s Shizen Energy Inc. in Malaysia’s Kedah state, according to people familiar with the matter. The project is part of the Southeast Asian nation’s push to provide green power to companies and is expected to start operations in 2027, they said.

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