In response to the continued increase in the number of employees and the investment in more service development, Google stated in 2017 thatThe office building will be expanded, and acquired from Verizon this yearYahoo's original headquarters was located in theDocuments submitted earlier show that Google plans to apply for permission to build an office building on 80 acres (about 6 square meters) in San Jose, USA, with a total office space of up to 68 square meters, an increase from the previously planned 60 square meters. It also plans to apply for 5900 residential spaces, which is significantly more than the number previously applied for.
However, according to Google spokesman Michael Appel, the company's current increase in demand for some office space does not represent the actual space used in the end. The main reason for proposing to expand the demand is to have greater flexibility to adjust the space before obtaining formal approval next year.
Due to the continuous increase in investment in business development, Google no longer has enough space at its headquarters in Mountain View, California to accommodate more employees. At the same time, Google has also begun to face protests from surrounding residents, who believe that the influx of a large number of Google employees has made traffic in the Mountain View area more congested and caused surrounding housing prices to rise.
Google has faced a lot of criticism for purchasing land in areas such as San Jose and Sunnyvale. It subsequently announced that it would invest $10 billion in the San Francisco Bay Area to build more residential space in an effort to alleviate the protests of local residents.
