A new Google campus has been inaugurated in Bengaluru on Wednesday, which is considered to be as largest office globally. “Today, we are excited to share another major milestone in our ongoing commitment to India, with the inauguration of Ananta — one of Google’s largest offices globally,” Google said in a blog post.
Google has played a role in facilitating transformation through AI-powered flood forecasting, specialised AI models to catch tuberculosis early, and helping millions of people join the formal economy with Google Pay, among others., said company “Increasingly, we have been building from India, for the world,” it said.
Google unveils Ananta, a massive 1.6M sq ft campus in Bengaluru, one of its largest offices worldwide. With space for 5,000+ employees, it’ll house teams from Android, Search, Pay, Cloud, Maps, Play, Deepmind & more. pic.twitter.com/4GfSzrxVzb
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Google said India has always represented a very special opportunity, not just to reach millions of users within the country with products and platforms, but also have them shaped by Indian ingenuity, helping them become even more useful for the billions of users the company creates for, globally.
“Ananta will further accelerate this mission, enabling us to deliver world-class products, foster deeper partnership with our customers, and continue to focus on solving the most complex challenges facing users, businesses and startups in India and around the world,” it said.
“Located in Bengaluru, one of the world’s fastest-growing tech hubs, Ananta is one of our most ambitious ground-up developments. A collaboration between Google India and a local development and design team, the Ananta campus embodies Google’s latest thinking in workplace design,” the company said.
According to the company, each working floor in Ananta is organised like a city grid, with a network of streets for easy navigation. Individual neighbourhoods foster collaboration while also giving individuals the freedom to focus within smaller nooks and booths. The new space is designed to connect people in ways that spark breakthrough ideas and innovation, the company said.
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