Google Announces a New Campus in New York City

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Google has announced that it is expanding its presence in New York City with a new $1 billion campus. The 1.7 million square-foot Google Hudson Square will be home to the company's Global Business Organization. These investments into New York City will double the numbers of Googlers in New York over the next 10 years. It also reaffirms the company's commitment to grow and invest in U.S. facilities, offices and jobs.

We'll continue to deepen our commitments in STEM education, workforce development and access to technology. This coming spring, Grow with Google--our initiative to create economic opportunities for all Americans--will come to New York City with a temporary digital skills learning center on the ground floor of our office on 8th Avenue in Chelsea. Grow with Google will host free hands-on workshops, one-on-one coaching and community events with local partners so that New Yorkers have the opportunity to gain the skills needed to thrive in today's digital economy.
 
If the other article I read was correct, there were no city/state incentives for Google to build this. Amazon is looking worse all the time for their demands of billions in return for a few thousand jobs.
 
Why New York? Or does Google only build in places where the general populace is of their same mindset even if the taxes are through the roof?

Even if there are no official incentives, I bet somebody is lining their pockets with some "unofficial incentives".
 
This reeks of backroom handshake deals being cut. There is zero chance of a company spending a billion dollars on something like this just out of the kindness of their heart.
 
cyclone3d said:
Why New York? Or does Google only build in places where the general populace is of their same mindset even if the taxes are through the roof?

Even if there are no official incentives, I bet somebody is lining their pockets with some "unofficial incentives".
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It's called a talent pool. In the real world, it is hard to get top mid-career employees to live in flyover states with poor K-12 education.
 
Betting good money that they will bring 0 hardware engineering jobs to NYC, just like microsoft and amazon. I don't understand why the high profile silicon valley companies hate doing hardware anywhere other than california and seattle (microsoft).
 
Krazy925 said:
Pennsylvania and Illinois too.
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You can cut Illinois out, companies are leaving this state, no one wants to come to the state. Governmental greed has a full grip here and its only getting worse. We just elected a fraudulent billionaire for the second time in a row just different party this time. Taxes soon to rise......again.
 
I get the whole "talent pool" argument for locating this in New York. But it is taking an already congested city and making it even more so. It also just seems kind of silly, even though they have the money, to just build in the most expensive possible place they can think of.

Take Phoenix AZ for example, yea it's a "flyover state," and we have a rather lame K-12 education system. But, it would literally cost 1/20th to build something like that here. Phoenix it is currently booming as a tech city, especially in downtown and Tempe, for startups in particular. If larger companies like this started moving in, there would be some incentive to improve on some of the things the city has been lacking. There are already many many huge data centers here due it there being no natural disasters, as well as it also being a major internet backbone hub (CCBILL is headquartered here lol). Many other large corporations are headquartered here as well. I know my opinion doesn't matter, and I know none of the truly huge tech companies will likely even consider it, I'm just trying to make a point. There are many great reasons to NOT just go to [insert big coastal city here], but these companies just make so much money they'd rather just throw it away for the prestige of having secondary headquarters in some fancy huge city that can barely support the population it already has. This ultimately hurts those cities by driving housing costs way up, although I guess that depends on whether or not you can afford it and whether your buying or selling. They need to think more holistically and spread the success around a little more. It would definitely help other cities and the tech community as a whole.
 
ZenDragon said:
I get the whole "talent pool" argument for locating this in New York. But it is taking an already congested city and making it even more so. It also just seems kind of silly, even though they have the money, to just build in the most expensive possible place they can think of.

Take Phoenix AZ for example, yea it's a "flyover state," and we have a rather lame K-12 education system. But, it would literally cost 1/20th to build something like that here. Phoenix it is currently booming as a tech city, especially in downtown and Tempe, for startups in particular. If larger companies like this started moving in, there would be some incentive to improve on some of the things the city has been lacking. There are already many many huge data centers here due it there being no natural disasters, as well as it also being a major internet backbone hub (CCBILL is headquartered here lol). Many other large corporations are headquartered here as well. I know my opinion doesn't matter, and I know none of the truly huge tech companies will likely even consider it, I'm just trying to make a point. There are many great reasons to NOT just go to [insert big coastal city here], but these companies just make so much money they'd rather just throw it away for the prestige of having secondary headquarters in some fancy huge city that can barely support the population it already has. This ultimately hurts those cities by driving housing costs way up, although I guess that depends on whether or not you can afford it and whether your buying or selling. They need to think more holistically and spread the success around a little more. It would definitely help other cities and the tech community as a whole.
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I’m not saying it’s right, but that’s the perception. It’s a drop in the bucket though for NYC. They will be adding an unnoticeable amount of jobs to a city that’s already so populated.
 
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