GoogleThere are many real estate developments in the United States, with at least 20 projects receiving investments of almost $10 billion.

A blog postSundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google highlighted the country’s offices and data centres that are currently under construction or will open in 2022. In California alone, it’s working on construction and some housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, including two large office buildings in Mountain View, near its headquarters, and several other office buildings in neighboring cities.

Pichai said that the company expects to hire at least 12,000 more full-time Google employees by the end.

The company estimates that the total cost of investments across the country in data centers, offices, and other infrastructure will be approximately $9.5 million in the U.S. by 2022. That’s up from from $7 billion and 10,000 new jobs it announced last year.

Many of the investments were made prior to 2022. bringingEmployees returned to their workplace after being away for two years during the Covid-19 pandemic. The company’s office return policyMost employees only visit their offices on three days each week. The company, despite some resistance from employees, has been welcoming employees back to its offices with the assistance of celebrationsThis includes marching bands as well as prominent politicians.  

Google is expanding its presence in San Jose as part of their 2022 real-estate projects. approved Google’s plan for a mixed-use mega-campus that spans 80 acres and 7.3 million square feet of office space in the heart of California’s third-largest city. Google offered to donate more than 50% of the campus for public use in an effort to win over critics. $200 million community benefits package that includes displacement funds, job placement training, and power for community leaders to influence how it’s spent.

Google announced Wednesday in a blog post that they have opened a new Portland office. It also stated it plans to open a Data Center in The Dalles in Oregon. It’s also expanding its Kirkland and Seattle campuses in Washington State.

As Wednesday’s blog entry stated, the company is expanding in New York as well as updating its campuses in Cambridge and Pittsburgh. It’s opening a new Atlanta office in Georgia this year and “making progress” on constructing a new office in downtown Austin, Texas, it said.