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  "id": 17839586,
  "title": "Google pledges US$160 million for water infrastructure amid Malaysia’s data centre boom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/google-pledges-us-160-million-for-water-infrastructure-amid-malaysias",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-02T18:06:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Khaosod English",
    "slug": "khaosod-english",
    "url": "https://www.khaosodenglish.com/tech/2026/11/03/google-pledges-us160-million-for-water-infrastructure-amid-malaysias-data-centre-boom/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As the digital revolution accelerates across Southeast Asia, data centres have become some of the world’s most discussed topics. To address growing environmental and resource concerns head-on, tech giant Google has announced a landmark $160 million (about RM651 million) investment in water infrastructure in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The funding will finance a brand-new off-river storage […] The…",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/one-of-googles-android-partners-turned-1-3-million-set-top-boxes-into",
        "published": "2026-11-02T20:37:49.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}