WASHINGTON – Google plans to invest more than US$7 billion (RM28.8 billion) in offices and data centres across the United States this year, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement yesterday, reported Sputnik.
“We plan to invest more than US$7 billion in offices and data centres across the US and create at least 10,000 new full-time Google jobs in the US this year. This includes investing in communities that are new to Google and expanding in others across 19 states.”
The statement said Google’s plan includes investing over US$1 billion in offices in the Bay Area and adding thousands of roles in Atlanta, Washington DC, Chicago and New York.
Pichai said besides new offices and jobs, Google will be investing in data centre expansions in Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and Texas.
According to Google’s 2020 US Economic Impact Report cited in the statement, Google Search, Google Play, YouTube and Google advertising tools provided US$426 billion of economic activity to more than two million businesses, non-profits, creators and developers in the US last year. – Bernama, March 19, 2021
