kubrickian Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Google will set up its first own campus in Asia in Hyderabad - its biggest outside the US - at an investment of Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion). This will double its headcount in India to 13,000 employees over the next four years. Google would be allocated 7.2 acres in Gachibowli, the main IT corridor of Hyderabad, and it will build its own facility, Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao said. An MoU in this regard was signed between the Telangana government and the internet giant during Rao's visit to the US. "This facility for Google in Hyderabad, the capital city of the state of Telangana, when fully built, will be one of the largest facilities globally with a built-up space of about two million sqft and one of the largest campus for Google globally outside of the United States. "The facility will be Google's first-ever own campus in India," Rama Rao said in a statement. He had earlier tweeted that it would be Google's largest campus outside the US. "First campus in Asia. 2 million sq ft space would be built. Investment of Rs 1,000 crore and in four years, employee size to double from 6,500 to 13,000," added the minister, who had a meeting at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, with the company global head for Google facilities and workplaces, David Radcliffe. Google expects the facility to be completed and fully operational in about four years and it is planned to start in 2019, the statement said. Rama Rao, along with Telangana IT secretary Jayesh Ranjan, also met Bram Bout, Director of Google Education, and Rajen Sheth, Senior Director of Product Management for Android and Chrome for Work and Education. The minister wanted Google to associate with the state government to support the ambitious digital Telangana programme, particularly the component that intends to promote digital literacy amongst school children. The delegation led by the minister also met the Google Street View team of Manik Gupta, Director of Product Management and Narayana Tummala, Ground Truth Engineering Lead for Google. While Street View has been extensively used in the US, Canada and many European countries, its applications in India have been limited so far, the statement said, adding, Google has launched street View in some of the tourist sites like Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar in partnership with the Archaeological Society of India. "Google is in talks with the Minister of Home Affairs to get permissions for conducting the Street View exercise at a city-wide level. This permission is expected to be given shortly. "Upon the request made by the Minister, Google has agreed to make Telangana the first state which will get Street View for one complete city, Hyderabad to begin with, with subsequent extension to other major cities and towns," the statement said. Google has also agreed to support specific requests made by the minister to utilise Street View for monitoring of deviations from approved building plans, property tax collection, mapping of industrial land bank located in different parts of the state, among others, the statement added.
randomGuy Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Awesome. Google is the greatest company in the world. Hyd. also has biggest Microsoft campus outside US. And many more companies' offices. It makes sense for google to have a bigger campus too. Initially they had rented a couple of floors in cyber tower, then they made a smaller campus afaik and now the bigger one. Edit: negative is that the property rent in the vicinity will go up.
swatpulla Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 I wish I had a Google insider cousin. Would help me grab some "soon to be expensive" land. :--D
Ranvir Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 South India really is taking off, it's a pity that North India is so far behind.
Kalia_Test Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Hyderabad to Become the First Indian City to Offer Google Street View :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Hyderabad will be the first city in India to get Google Street View, Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao said on Tuesday. A delegation led by the minister met the Google Street View team of Manik Gupta, Director of Product Management and Narayana Tummala, Ground Truth Engineering Lead for Google on Tuesday. While Street View has been extensively used in the US, Canada, and many European countries, its applications in India have been limited so far. Google has launched Street View for some of the tourist sites like Taj Mahal and Qutub Minar in partnership with the Archaeological Society of India, but not yet been able to offer street-level views of Indian cities. "Google is in talks with the Minister of Home Affairs to get permissions for conducting the Street View exercise at a city-wide level. This permission is expected to be given shortly." "Upon the request made by the Minister, Google has agreed to make Telangana the first state which will get Street View for one complete city, namely, Hyderabad to begin with, with subsequent extension to other major cities and towns," Rama Rao said in a statement issued in Hyderabad. Google has also agreed to support specific requests made by the minister to utilise Street View for monitoring of deviations from approved building plans, property tax collection, mapping of industrial land bank located in different parts of the state, among others, the statement added. Google has in the past attempted to offer Street View in India, but ran into regulatory hurdles. Others like WoNoBo have stepped in to fill the gap. Technology for Governance is something I always like :nice:
randomGuy Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Hyderabad to Become the First Indian City to Offer Google Street View :yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Technology for Governance is something I always like :nice: :yay: any timelines? Hopefully soon.
Kalia_Test Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 :yay: any timelines? Hopefully soon. Next step is permission from Union Home Ministry. Hopefully,we get it soon. After that, I presume it will be done phase-wise with 360 degree cameras. Since Google already has experience doing it in many cities in US, should not take many months :dontknow: Ofcourse, Indian cities obviously are not as planned as US/Canada so I expect certain unique problems. Hopefully,we will get over them. This is something that is worth tracking :two_thumbs_up: With Metro phase one ready to start in Sep/Oct, Hyderabad is going places #googlelovesgongura trending worldwide :--D
randomGuy Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 Next step is permission from Union Home Ministry. Hopefully,we get it soon. After that, I presume it will be done phase-wise with 360 degree cameras. Since Google already has experience doing it in many cities in US, should not take many months :dontknow: Ofcourse, Indian cities obviously are not as planned as US/Canada so I expect certain unique problems. Hopefully,we will get over them. This is something that is worth tracking :two_thumbs_up: With Metro phase one ready to start in Sep/Oct, Hyderabad is going places #googlelovesgongura trending worldwide :--D :two_thumbs_up: was seeing the metro map, they should extend the Hitec city line upto Gachibowli. Maybe they will do in second phase.
vvvslaxman Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 South India really is taking off' date=' it's a pity that North India is so far behind.[/quote'] Took off long time back :hmmm: ONly state that is an aberration is Kerala. But i want it to stay that way. Best place to take some time off. The majority of India's car manufacturing industry is evenly divided into three "clusters". Around Chennai is the southernmost and largest, with a 35% revenue share, accounting for 60% of the country's automotive exports, and home of the India operations of Ford, Hyundai, Renault, Mitsubishi, Nissan, BMW, Hindustan Motors, Daimler, Caparo, Mini, and Datsun.[15][16]
diga Posted May 21, 2015 Posted May 21, 2015 BTW, does anyone have updates on the Fab-city that AP govt had planned sometime back? I remember AMD & Qualcomm expanded more in Hyderabad
Kalia_Test Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Amazon to open biggest campus outside US in Hyderabad http://www.livemint.com/Companies/VFERylri4zsVb4q6f1E3hL/Amazon-to-open-biggest-campus-outside-US-in-Hyderabad.html After Google - It is Amazon now ( its largest fulfilment centre in India is in Hyderabad already and another will be opened that will be the largest outside US) :yay: Hyderabad: Amazon.com Inc. will set up its biggest campus outside its home base, the US, in Hyderabad and open a fulfilment centre near the city, as the online retailer beefs up its presence in the fast-growing Indian market. Rama Rao, who recently returned from a road show in the US, also said Amazon will be opening a fulfilment centre near Hyderabad, in addition to the one that’s already the country’s largest. “We were told when we visited Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle that they will be opening a larger fulfilment centre in Hyderabad,†Rama Rao said. Spread across 280,000 sq. ft, Amazon’s current fulfilment centre on the outskirts of Hyderabad is its biggest in the country. Amazon’s move to select Hyderabad as the location for its campus comes after technology firm Google Inc. picked the capital of Telangana to establish the biggest campus owned by the company outside the US.
gattaca Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Great news. All needed after a decade of fighting with andhra and zero development:
sourab10forever Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Great news. All needed after a decade of fighting with andhra and zero development:Always wanted telangana to be the development model for rest of India.Smaller the state,more the ease of governance.
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