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Google earmarks $13bn for US-wide data centre & office expansion

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By John Glenday, Reporter

February 14, 2019 | 2 min read

Google is on a US spending spree after the digital goliath confirmed it was to spend $13bn through 2019 on the construction of a new generation of data centres and offices across the country, a process which will see it add tens of thousands of new workers to its payroll.

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Google earmarks $13bn for US-wide data centre & office expansion

The ambitious expansion was detailed in a company blog post and includes a pledge to expand across 14 states, including Georgia, South Carolina and Ohio – broadening its footprint far beyond the San Francisco Bay Area.

CEO Sundar Pichai wrote: “With this new investment, Google will now have a home in 24 total states, including data centers in 13 communities. 2019 marks the second year in a row we’ll be growing faster outside of the Bay Area than in it.”

Google has faced mounting political pressure on its home turf to do more to help local communities amid criticism that it hasn’t provided the same level of social good as that offered by industrial giants of past eras, with a disproportionate benefit to California.

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