The company is aiming to hire tens of thousands of employees, and enable the creation of more than 10,000 new construction jobs in Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Virginia. CEO Sundar Pichai said the growth will allow Google to invest in the communities where they operate while improving the products and services that help billions of people and businesses globally.
2019 marks the second year in a row the company will be growing faster outside of the San Francisco Bay Area.