Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, has announced that the company plans to invest more than $7 billion in offices and data centers across the US this year. 

In the process, it will create at least 10,000 new full-time Google jobs in the US in communities that are new to Google, while also expanding in others across 19 states.

While there are questions about the future of the office, Pichai says they are an essential part of its future. Google will invest its offices around the country, including its home state of California, where it plans to invest over $1 billion this year.

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Leslie Shaver

Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.