Google to invest $9.5 billion in US facilities, add 12,000 jobs this year

Google plans to open a brand new workplace in Atlanta and information facilities in a number of states together with Nevada, Nebraska and Virginia.
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Alphabet Inc’s Google stated on Wednesday it plans to make investments about $9.5 billion throughout its U.S. workplaces and information facilities this yr, up from $7 billion final yr.

Google stated the funding will create a minimum of 12,000 full-time jobs in 2022 and deal with information facilities in a number of states together with Nevada, Nebraska and Virginia.

The corporate will open a brand new workplace in Atlanta this yr, and broaden its information middle in Storey County, Nevada, it added.

“It may appear counterintuitive to step up our funding in bodily workplaces whilst we embrace extra flexibility in how we work. But we imagine it’s extra essential than ever to make investments in our campuses,” Google stated in a press release.

Google has been attempting to convey again its workers to a few of its workplaces in the US, the UK and Asia Pacific by mandating working from workplace for about three days per week, a step to finish insurance policies that allow workers work remotely due to COVID-19 considerations.

Google will proceed to make investments in workplaces in its residence state of California and assist inexpensive housing initiatives within the Bay Space as a part of its $1 billion housing dedication.

Final yr, Google helped present $617 billion in financial exercise for U.S. companies, creators and builders, in response to its 2021 financial impression report.

Google workers in a number of U.S. cities returned to the workplace three days per week in April.

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