New Google India campus, one of its largest globally, set to build for the world
To further bolster India’s digital transformation, tech major Google on Wednesday inaugurated 'Ananta' campus in Bengaluru which is one of the company’s largest offices globally
- BENGALURU — To further bolster India’s digital transformation, tech major
Google on Wednesday inaugurated 'Ananta' campus here which is one of the
company’s largest offices globally.
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- Stressing that India has always played the role of a
strategic nerve centre in the tech discourse —evident in the thriving startup
and app ecosystems, the digital public infrastructure and the depth and
diversity of Indian creators – the company said ‘Ananta’ is part of its ongoing
efforts to build with and for India and the world.
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- “For Google, India has always represented a very special
opportunity, not just to reach millions of users within the country with our
products and platforms, but also have them shaped by Indian ingenuity, helping
them become even more useful for the billions of users we create for globally,”
said Anand Rangarajan, Vice President, Google Deepmind.
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- Located in Bengaluru, one of the world's fastest-growing
tech hubs, Ananta is “one of our most ambitious ground-up developments”.
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- A collaboration between Google India and a local
development and design team, the Ananta campus embodies Google’s latest
thinking in workplace design. The building's name, Ananta, means ‘infinite’ or
‘limitless’ in Sanskrit,” said Sunil Rao, Vice President, Global Delivery,
Google Cloud India.
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- The purpose-built campus features one of India’s largest
installations of electro-chromic glass, and a sculpted, fluid facade for
architectural interest.
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- Google said that ‘Ananta’ will enable it to deliver
world-class products, foster deeper partnership with our customers, and
continue to focus on solving the most complex challenges facing users,
businesses and startups in India and around the world.
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- Last week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the
"incredible opportunities" that artificial intelligence (AI) will
bring to India, following his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the
sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris.
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- The Alphabet CEO also noted the potential for close
collaboration between "we" (Google) and India to advance the
country's digital transformation.
