Google plans major expansion across USA
$13 billion investment to create tens of thousands of jobs in 14 states
Want a job at Google? Google plans to hire tens of thousands of employees across the U.S. this year, through investments in new data centers and offices. CEO Sundar Pichai announced Google’s plans in a blog post this week.
According to Pichai, Google’s investment of more than $13 billion in 2019 will lead to major expansion in 14 states and also create more than 10,000 new construction jobs in Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
“These new investments will give us the capacity to hire tens of thousands of employees, and enable the creation of more than 10,000 new construction jobs,” he posted.
“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,” he said in the post.
Amazon and Apple are also branching out beyond their West Coast roots.
For its part, Google, in the past year, added more than 10,000 people to its U.S. workforce, on investments of more than $9 billion.
Pichai added that as it grows the company’s footprint in the United States, Google will also make significant investments in the area of renewable energy.
Among its expansion plans, Google will open its first data center in Nevada, and will double its workforce in both Virginia and Georgia.