http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-07-11T042933Z_01_N10405096_RTRIDST_0_TECH-GOOGLE-CENTER.XML&rpc=66
Google plans to build an office and research center in Ann Arbor, Michigan that will have up to 1,000 employees, the New York Times reported..
Most of the center's space would be used for a technology and call center, the Times said. About 40,000 square feet will be used to house a library digitization project, which has been hindered by court challenges over copyrights.
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The local paper had this to say about it
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At an 11 a.m. news conference in Lansing Tuesday, Google will unveil plans to create a headquarters facility for its Google AdWords unit.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060710/NEWS99/307100004/1122
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I just checked and the only jobs listed right now are for the digital scanning
http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/topic.py?dep_id=1060&loc_id=8371
It seems that the new center will have a deul roll, adwords and digital scanning. |
Hardly unexpected.
The post also includes a link to a 2001 interview with Larry Page, a University of Mich grad (located in Ann Arbor) about his work there and his fondest memory. It does not involve engineering, databases, search, or anything close.
See:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/07/11/search-briefs-google-goes-to-michigan-page-recalls-umich-memory/
This post points to Google scouting AA as a possible location since pre-June 2005.
In this post we link to a 2005 SEW Blog post where we learned that Google was "scouting" locations in AA.
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050609-150713
They have been hiring in AA since 2005 http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051009-173354 |
is this not the same that NYT cut ysterday
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/11/technology/11google.html?ex=1310270400&en=2b2f7a4b88487d6a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
it is certainly not new news!! |
Here's the official news release:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-11-2006/0004394996&EDATE=
According to the State of Michigan:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060711/detu009.html?.v=53
Google Inc.
Economic Analysis
Summary Estimates
(All estimates in 2006 dollars)
TOTAL JOBS CREATED 2,245
Direct 1,000
Indirect 1,245
NET POSITIVE STATE REVENUE IMPACT $126,883,000
Revenue Foregone $38,250,000
Revenue Gain $165,133,000
Average Weekly Wage $913
Personal Income Generated Over
Life of the 20-Year Tax Credit Agreement $2,147,376,000 |
It's really hard to fathom 2 billion dollars ;) Some pretty good wages for that area of the country (I estimate 47k pre-tax). |
