Google says it will spend $1 billion to create a new campus in Manhattan, looking to more than double the number of its employees in New York City in coming years. The company currently has more than 7,000 workers there.
The move is the latest high-profile expansion from a U.S. tech giant, following big investments from Apple and Amazon to create office spaces in Texas, New York and the Washington, D.C., metro area.
Called Google Hudson Square, the new campus will occupy more than 1.7 million square feet, according to Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat, a senior vice president of both Google and its parent company, Alphabet.
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