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Google plans to invest more than $ 7 billion in opening new offices and expanding data centers across the country and creating at least 10,000 new full-time jobs in the U.S. this year.
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said on Thursday that Google’s parent company “wants to be a part” of the country’s economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, he said the company will invest in communities that are new to Google – expanding to 19 states.
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Although Google and most large companies chose to transition to a remote work at home setting during COVID-19, Pichai said that “meeting in person to collaborate and build a community is central to Google’s culture and it will be an important part of our future. “
With more than 135,000 full-time employees, Pichai said Alphabet and Google “will continue to make significant investments in our offices across the country, as well as in our home state of California, where we will invest more than $ 1 billion this year. “.
The technology giant “will continue to grow our offices in the United States,” said Pichai. He is set to add thousands of roles in Atlanta, Washington, DC, Chicago and New York in an effort to “bring more jobs and investments to diverse communities” as part of the company’s commitment to racial equality.
Pichai also announced that Google will invest in data center expansions in Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and Texas.
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“Our existing data centers in Nebraska, Ohio, Texas and Nevada will be fully up and running by 2021,” said Pichai. “Our data centers are what feed your research, emails, photos and maps that help you find the fastest way home; they are also important to the fabric of local communities, from providing opportunities for supply chain partners and small businesses to supporting distance learning in South Carolina and Nevada. “
In addition to increasing their investment in their existing South Carolina data center, Alphabet and Google will expand in the South by establishing a new “cloud” engineering site in Durham, North Carolina, and opening the first Google Operations Center in the United States in Southaven, Mississippi.
In Virginia, Google is ready to open a new commercial building in Reston and expand its data center in Loudoun County.
Pichai also said that in Texas, Google will open its first office in Houston and continue to invest in its existing campuses in Austin.
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In the Midwest, Google is set to expand its data center coverage area in Nebraska with additional investments and will make further improvements to its Detroit and Chicago offices, as well as Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Google is also opening a new office in Portland, Oregon this year, and will continue to invest in its existing workspace in Kirkland and Seattle, Washington.
Pichai said the Google data center in Henderson, Nevada, is operational and there are plans to expand it, along with Google’s Storey County data center, in 2021.
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As for New York City, which became famous for losing a deal for new jobs and a new headquarters-style complex with Amazon in 2019, Pichai said that Google committed in 2018 to doubling its workforce there by 2028 and nothing has changed on that front. Pichai said that in 2021, the company “would continue to invest in building our presence on campus to meet this goal”.
Google should also invest in its offices in Atlanta, Pittsburgh and Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as increasing its workforce in Washington, DC
As for a return date for the company’s workforce, Pichai last year extended Google’s home-based agreement until September 2021, but at the time rejected the idea of permanent remote work. It was unclear, at this point, whether Google still planned for employees to return to the office in September.