Google expands footprint in Atlanta as competition for tech workers grows in the state

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Gov. Brian Kemp receives a tour of Google's new midtown Atlanta office from company executive Matthew Pritchard. (Emil Moffatt/WABE)

Tech giant Google continues to expand its physical presence in Georgia.

The company showed off its new Midtown offices Wednesday and touted efforts to grow the state’s tech workforce.

Google first established a presence in Atlanta in 2001. In recent years, the number of its employees in Georgia has grown to more than a thousand.