Google

=== Office locations <span class="anchor" id="Office locations and headquarters"></span> ===
{{Further|Googleplex}}
[[File:111 Eighth Avenue.jpg|alt=|thumb|Google's New York City office building houses its largest advertising sales team.]]
[[File:Google at 111 Richmond Street West in Toronto (cropped).jpg|thumb|Google's [[Toronto]] office]]

Google's headquarters in [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], California is referred to as "the [[Googleplex]]", a play on words on the number [[googolplex]] and the headquarters itself being a ''complex'' of buildings. Internationally, Google has over 78 offices in more than 50 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google: Our Offices |url=https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/locations/?region=north-america |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726014216/https://www.google.com/intl/en/about/locations/?region=north-america |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=April 19, 2018}}</ref>

In 2006, Google moved into about {{convert|300000|sqft|m2|-2}} of office space at [[111 Eighth Avenue]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]]. The office was designed and built specially for Google, and houses its largest advertising sales team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reardon |first=Marguerite |date=October 11, 2006 |title=Google takes a bigger bite of Big Apple |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/google-takes-a-bigger-bite-of-big-apple/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012171317/https://www.cnet.com/news/google-takes-a-bigger-bite-of-big-apple/ |archive-date=October 12, 2016 |access-date=June 13, 2017 |website=[[CNET]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref> In 2010, Google bought the building housing the headquarter, in a deal that valued the property at around $1.9 billion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grant |first=Peter |date=December 3, 2010 |title=Google to Buy New York Office Building |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704377004575651380545769418 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010041640/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704377004575651380545769418 |archive-date=October 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gustin |first=Sam |date=December 22, 2010 |title=Google buys giant New York building for $1.9 billion |url=https://www.wired.com/2010/12/google-nyc/ |url-status=live |journal=[[Wired (website)|Wired]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102101149/https://www.wired.com/2010/12/google-nyc/ |archive-date=January 2, 2017 |access-date=June 13, 2017}}</ref> In March 2018, Google's parent company Alphabet bought the nearby [[Chelsea Market]] building for $2.4 billion. The sale is touted as one of the most expensive real estate transactions for a single building in the history of New York.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Google buys NYC's Chelsea Market building for $2.4 bn |url=https://phys.org/news/2018-03-google-nyc-chelsea-bn.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613184159/https://phys.org/news/2018-03-google-nyc-chelsea-bn.html |archive-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Google bought Manhattan's Chelsea Market building for $2.4 billion – TechCrunch |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/20/google-bought-manhattans-chelsea-market-building-for-2-4-billion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180608214250/https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/20/google-bought-manhattans-chelsea-market-building-for-2-4-billion/ |archive-date=June 8, 2018 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |website=techcrunch.com |date=March 20, 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=[[Reuters]] |title=Google closes $2.4 billion Chelsea Market deal to expand New York... |language=en-US |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-property-google-chelseamarke/google-closes-2-4-billion-chelsea-market-deal-to-expand-new-york-campus-idUSKBN1GW35U |url-status=live |access-date=June 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527003159/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-property-google-chelseamarke/google-closes-2-4-billion-chelsea-market-deal-to-expand-new-york-campus-idUSKBN1GW35U |archive-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 9, 2018 |title=Report: Alphabet Is Buying Chelsea Market for Over $2B |language=en-GB |work=PCMag UK |url=http://uk.pcmag.com/news/93278/report-alphabet-is-buying-chelsea-market-for-over-2b |url-status=live |access-date=June 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613210609/http://uk.pcmag.com/news/93278/report-alphabet-is-buying-chelsea-market-for-over-2b |archive-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref> In November 2018, Google announced its plan to expand its New York City office to a capacity of 12,000 employees.<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Douglas |last1=MacMillan |first2=Eliot |last2=Brown |first3=Peter |last3=Grant |title=Google Plans Large New York City Expansion |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-large-new-york-city-expansion-1541636579 |url-status=live |access-date=November 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108182715/https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-plans-large-new-york-city-expansion-1541636579 |archive-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref> The same December, it was announced that a $1 billion, {{convert|1,700,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} headquarters for Google would be built in Manhattan's [[Hudson Square]] neighborhood.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2018 |title=Google To Build New $1 Billion Campus In NYC |url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/12/17/google-to-build-new-1-billion-campus-in-nyc/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217165433/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/12/17/google-to-build-new-1-billion-campus-in-nyc/ |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |access-date=December 17, 2018 |website=CBS New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gartenberg |first=Chaim |date=December 17, 2018 |title=Google announces a new $1 billion NYC campus in Hudson Square |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/17/18144448/google-nyc-campus-hudson-square-location-cost-open-date |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217203157/https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/17/18144448/google-nyc-campus-hudson-square-location-cost-open-date |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |access-date=December 17, 2018 |website=[[The Verge]]}}</ref> Called Google Hudson Square, the new campus is projected to more than double the number of Google employees working in New York City.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=December 17, 2018 |title=Google Will Spend $1 Billion For New York City Campus On Hudson River |language=en |work=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/17/677450467/google-will-spend-1-billion-for-new-york-city-campus-on-hudson-river |url-status=live |access-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217211911/https://www.npr.org/2018/12/17/677450467/google-will-spend-1-billion-for-new-york-city-campus-on-hudson-river |archive-date=December 17, 2018}}</ref>

By late 2006, Google established a new headquarters for its AdWords division in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weier |first=Mary Hayes |date=October 24, 2007 |title=Inside Google's Michigan Office |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202600809 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503233009/http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202600809 |archive-date=May 3, 2008 |access-date=January 22, 2017 |website=[[InformationWeek]] |publisher=[[UBM plc]]}}</ref> In November 2006, Google opened offices on [[Carnegie Mellon]]'s campus in [[Pittsburgh]], focusing on shopping-related advertisement coding and [[smartphone applications]] and programs.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 17, 2006 |title=Google Completes Pittsburgh Office, Holds Open House |publisher=[[WTAE TV|WTAE]] |url=http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/technology/10346550/detail.html |url-status=dead |access-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515115505/http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/technology/10346550/detail.html |archive-date=May 15, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Olson |first=Thomas |date=December 8, 2010 |title=Google search: Tech-minded workers |url=http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_712700.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603080308/http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_712700.html |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=December 8, 2010 |publisher=[[Trib Total Media]]}}</ref> Other office locations in the U.S. include [[Atlanta, Georgia]]; [[Austin, Texas]]; [[Boulder, Colorado]]; [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]; [[San Francisco]], [[California]]; [[Seattle, Washington]]; [[Kirkland, Washington]]; [[Birmingham, Michigan]]; [[Reston, Virginia]], [[Washington, D.C.]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Google locations |url=https://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815024220/https://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations/ |archive-date=August 15, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2016}}</ref> and [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 31, 2019 |title=Xconomy: Google's Madison Expansion to Triple Size of Local Offices |url=https://xconomy.com/wisconsin/2019/01/31/googles-madison-expansion-to-triple-size-of-local-offices/ |access-date=August 5, 2021 |website=Xconomy |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Google Headquarters in Ireland Building Sign.jpg|thumb|Google's Dublin Ireland office, headquarters of Google Ads for Europe]]
It also has product research and development operations in cities around the world, namely [[Sydney]] (birthplace location of [[Google Maps]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sydney |url=https://careers.google.com/locations/sydney/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505110757/https://careers.google.com/locations/sydney/ |archive-date=May 5, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2017 |website=Google Careers}}</ref> and [[London]] (part of Android development).<ref>{{Cite web |title=London |url=https://careers.google.com/locations/london/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214074855/https://careers.google.com/locations/london/ |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2017 |website=Google Careers}}</ref> In November 2013, Google announced plans for a new [[London]] headquarter, a 1 million square foot office able to accommodate 4,500 employees. Recognized as one of the biggest ever commercial property acquisitions at the time of the deal's announcement in January,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mirani |first=Leo |date=November 1, 2013 |title=Inside Google's new 1-million-square-foot London office—three years before it's ready |url=https://qz.com/139794/inside-googles-new-1-million-square-foot-london-office-three-years-before-its-ready/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316025208/https://qz.com/139794/inside-googles-new-1-million-square-foot-london-office-three-years-before-its-ready/ |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |access-date=March 15, 2017 |website=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] |publisher=[[Atlantic Media]]}}</ref> Google submitted plans for the new headquarter to the [[Camden London Borough Council|Camden Council]] in June 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=James |date=June 1, 2017 |title=Google's new London HQ is a 'landscraper' with a rooftop garden |url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15723642/google-london-office-pictures-headquarters-kings-cross |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603164958/https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15723642/google-london-office-pictures-headquarters-kings-cross |archive-date=June 3, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2017 |website=[[The Verge]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brian |first=Matt |date=June 1, 2017 |title=Google's 'innovative' new London HQ features giant moving blinds |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/01/google-london-kings-cross-hq-plans-photos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604003356/https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/01/google-london-kings-cross-hq-plans-photos/ |archive-date=June 4, 2017 |access-date=June 4, 2017 |website=[[Engadget]] |publisher=[[AOL]]}}</ref> In May 2015, Google announced its intention to create its own campus in [[Hyderabad]], India. The new campus, reported to be the company's largest outside the United States, will accommodate 13,000 employees.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 12, 2015 |title=Google to build biggest campus outside US in Hyderabad |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/google-to-build-biggest-campus-outside-us-in-hyderabad/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118040601/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/google-to-build-biggest-campus-outside-us-in-hyderabad/ |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |access-date=June 13, 2017 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 13, 2015 |title=Google's upcoming campus in Hyderabad to be its biggest outside the US |url=http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/googles-upcoming-campus-in-hyderabad-to-be-its-biggest-outside-the-us-267059.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118003932/http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/googles-upcoming-campus-in-hyderabad-to-be-its-biggest-outside-the-us-267059.html |archive-date=November 18, 2016 |access-date=June 13, 2017 |website=[[Firstpost]] |publisher=[[Network 18]]}}</ref>

Google's Global Offices sum a total of 85 Locations worldwide,<ref name="Google world office locations">{{Cite web |title=Google world office locations |url=https://about.google/locations/ |access-date=May 29, 2021 |website=Google |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528153612/https://about.google/locations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with 32 offices in North America, 3 of them in [[Canada]] and 29 in [[United States]] Territory, [[California]] being the state with the most Google's offices with 9 in total including the [[Googleplex]]. In the [[Latin America]] Region Google counts with 6 offices, in Europe 24 (3 of them in [[United Kingdom|UK]]), the [[Asia-Pacific|Asia Pacific]] region counts with 18 offices principally 4 in [[India]] and 3 in [[China]], and the [[Africa]] [[Middle East]] region counts 5 offices.

==== North America ====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! SN !! City !! Country or US State
|-
| 1. || [[Ann Arbor]] ||{{flag|Michigan}} 
|-
| 2. || [[Atlanta]] ||{{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}} 
|-
| 3. || [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] ||{{flag|Texas}} 
|-
| 4. || [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]] ||{{flag|Colorado}} 
|-
| 5. || Boulder – Pearl Place ||{{flag|Colorado}} 
|-
| 6. || Boulder – Walnut ||{{flag|Colorado}} 
|-
| 7. || [[Cambridge]] ||{{flag|Massachusetts}}
|-
| 8. || [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]] ||{{flag|North Carolina}} 
|-
| 9. || [[Chicago]] – Carpenter ||{{flag|Illinois}}
|-
| 10.|| Chicago – Fulton Market ||{{flag|Illinois}}
|-
| 11.|| [[Detroit]] ||{{flag|Michigan}}
|-
| 12.|| [[Irvine, California|Irvine]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 13.|| [[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]] ||{{flag|Washington}}
|-
| 14.|| [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]] ||{{CAN}}
|-
| 15.|| [[Los Angeles]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 16.|| [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]] ||{{flag|Wisconsin}}
|-
| 17.|| [[Miami]] ||{{flag|Florida}} 
|-
| 18.|| [[Montreal]] ||{{CAN}}
|-
| 19.|| [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 20.|| [[New York City|New York]] ||{{flag|New York}}
|-
| 21.|| [[Pittsburgh]] ||{{flag|Pennsylvania}}
|-
| 22.|| [[Playa Vista]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 23.|| [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] ||{{flag|Oregon}}
|-
| 24.|| [[Redwood City]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 25.|| [[Reston, Virginia|Reston]] ||{{flag|Virginia}}
|-
| 26.|| [[San Bruno]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 27.|| [[San Diego]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 28.|| [[Mountain View, California|San Francisco]] – '''[[Googleplex|HQ]]''' || {{flag|California}}
|-
| 29.|| [[Seattle]]  ||{{flag|Washington}}
|-
| 30.|| [[Sunnyvale]] ||{{flag|California}}
|-
| 31.|| [[Toronto]] || {{CAN}}
|-
| 32.|| [[Washington DC]] ||{{flag|District of Columbia}}
|}

==== Latin America ====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! SN !! City !! Country
|-
| 1. || [[Belo Horizonte]] || {{BRA}}
|-
| 2. || [[Bogotá]]  ||{{COL}}
|-
| 3. || [[Buenos Aires]] ||{{ARG}}
|-
| 4. || [[Mexico City]] ||{{MEX}}
|-
| 5. || [[Santiago]] ||{{CHL}}
|-
| 6. || [[São Paulo]] || {{BRA}}
|}

==== Europe ====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! SN !! City !! Country
|-
| 1. || [[Aarhus]] || {{DNK}}
|-
| 2. || [[Amsterdam]] ||{{NED}}
|-
| 3. || [[Athens]] ||{{GRE}}
|-
| 4. || [[Berlin]] || {{GER}}
|-
| 5. || [[Brussels]] ||{{BEL}}
|-
| 6. || [[Copenhagen]] || {{DNK}}
|-
| 7. || [[Dublin]] || {{IRL}}
|-
| 8. || [[Hamburg]] || {{GER}}
|-
| 9. || [[Lisbon]] || {{POR}}
|-
| 10.|| [[London]] – 6PS || {{UK}}
|-
| 11.|| London – BEL || {{UK}}
|-
| 12.|| London – CSG || {{UK}}
|-
| 13.|| [[Madrid]] || {{ESP}}
|-
| 14.|| [[Milan]] || {{ITA}}
|-
| 15.|| [[Moscow]] || {{RUS}}
|-
| 16.|| [[Munich]] || {{GER}}
|-
| 17.|| [[Oslo]] || {{NOR}}
|-
| 18.|| [[Paris]] || {{FRA}}
|-
| 19.|| [[Prague]] || {{CZE}}
|-
| 20.|| [[Stockholm]] || {{SWE}}
|-
| 21.|| [[Vienna]] || {{AUT}}
|-
| 22.|| [[Warsaw]] || {{POL}}
|-
| 23.|| [[Wrocław]] || {{POL}}
|-
| 24.|| [[Zürich]] – BRA || {{CHE}}
|-
| 25.|| Zürich – EUR || {{CHE}}
|}

==== Asia–Pacific ====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! SN !! City !! Country
|-
| 1. || [[Auckland]] || {{NZL}}
|-
| 2. || [[Bangalore]] || {{IND}}
|-
| 3. || [[Bangkok]] || {{THA}}
|-
| 4. || [[Beijing]] || {{CHN}}
|-
| 5. || [[Guangzhou]] || {{CHN}}
|-
| 6. || [[Gurgaon]] || {{IND}}
|-
| 7. || [[Hong Kong]] || {{HKG}}
|-
| 8. || [[Hyderabad]] || {{IND}}
|-
| 9. || [[Jakarta]] || {{IDN}}
|-
| 10. || [[Kuala Lumpur]] || {{MYS}}
|-
| 11. || [[Manila]] || {{PHL}}
|-
| 12. || [[Melbourne]] || {{AUS}}
|-
| 13. || [[Mumbai]] || {{IND}}
|-
| 14. || [[Seoul]] || {{KOR}}
|-
| 15. || [[Shanghai]] || {{CHN}}
|-
| 16. || [[Singapore]] || {{SGP}}
|-
| 17. || [[Sydney]] || {{AUS}}
|-
| 18. || [[Taipei]] || {{TWN}}
|-
| 19. || [[Tokyo]] – RPG || {{JPN}}
|-
| 20. || Tokyo – STRM || {{JPN}}
|}

==== Africa and the Middle East ====
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! SN !! City !! Country
|-
| 1.|| [[Dubai]] || {{UAE}}
|-
| 2.|| [[Haifa]] || {{ISR}}
|-
| 3.|| [[Istanbul]] || {{TUR}}
|-
| 4.|| [[Johannesburg]] || {{ZAF}}
|-
| 5.|| [[Tel Aviv]] || {{ISR}}
|}