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Google to build largest campus outside US in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, May 12
Global Internet services
company Google will build its largest campus outside the US in Hyderabad
with an investment of Rs.1,000 crore, announced Telanagana Information
Technology Minister K. Tarakarama Rao on Tuesday.
The minister,
who is on a visit to the US, said the state government has signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Google, which will develop about
two million square feet campus, the first in Asia.
"Excited to
announce that Google & Government of Telangana have inked an MoU to
build their largest campus (outside US) in Hyderabad," tweeted
Tarakarama Rao.
"First campus in Asia. 2 million sq ft space
would be built. Investment of Rs 1,000 crore and in four years employee
size to double from 6,500 to 13,000," said the minister, who is son of
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
Google's vice presiden, real
estate & workplace, David Radcliffe, and Telangana IT Secretary
Jayesh Ranjan signed the MoU on Monday at Google headquarters in
Mountain View, California.
It was in 2007 that the Congress
government in Andhra Pradesh had allotted 20 acres land for the global
search engine giant at Kokapet here but this ran into legal trouble.
In 2013, the government agreed to provide alternate land at Raidurg.
After
the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) formed first government in
Telangana last year, it promised to sort the issue relating to the land.
It was immediately not clear if Google campus will come up at Kokapet or Raidurg.