The Global Head for Google Facilities and Workplaces, David Radcliffe and the Telangana Minister for Information Technology, K. Tarakarama Rao, had a meeting at the Google Headquarters in Mountain View.
An MoU was signed between the Government of Telangana and Google Inc. on the Monday.
As per the MoU, Google is allocated 7.2 acres in Gachibowli, the main IT corridor of Hyderabad and Google will build its own facility. This facility for Google in Hyderabad, the capital city of the state of Telangana when fully built will be one of the largest facility globally with a built up space of about 2 Million sft and one of the largest campus for Google globally outside of the United States. The envisioned facility in Hyderabad will be Google’s first-ever own campus in INDIA.
The facility is expected to house thousands of employees with a built up space of about 2 Million sft. Google expects the facility to be complete and fully operational in about 4 years and is supposed to start before the summer of 2019.
According to Google worldwide head for Facilities and Workplaces, David Radcliffe, about 12 months will be spent on planning and the construction work is supposed to start around summer of 2016. The construction should take about two and a half years and we could have a facility as soon as early 2019.
Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary of IT, Amarnath Reddy Atmakuri, Chief Relations Officer of the IT Department, Katherine Wang, Manager for Public Policy Strategy and Diplomacy for Google, and Allison L. Basker of Google were also present.
The Minister and the Secretary also had a meeting with Bram Bout, Director of Google Education, Rajen Sheth, Senior Director of Product Management for Android and Chrome for Work and Education. The Minister discussed several plans for upgrading the educational standards and technology as a means to drive the education.
The Minister wanted Google to associate with the Government of Telangana to support the ambitious Digital Telangana program, particularly the component that intends to promote digital literacy amongst school children. Google was urged to utilize the CSR component for channeling the hardware infrastructure, content and training to the Government Schools across the state.
The proposal resonates with Google’s ongoing efforts in the Chrome Notebook education model, which has already been piloted in 4 schools in Warangal district 6 months ago. (INN)