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Alphabet reportedly plans major Bangalore expansion, bolstering India's AI ambition
Alphabet plans to more than double its Bengaluru workforce to 20,000 amid US visa restrictions and rising costs, leveraging India’s strong engineering talent and AI research growth.
- On February 4, 2026, Bloomberg reported Alphabet is planning a Bengaluru campus at Alembic City, leasing one tower with options on two that could house up to 20,000 employees.
- Under the Trump administration, H-1B visa rules have tightened and grown costlier, with proposed fee hikes up to $100,000, prompting Alphabet to rethink long-term hiring strategies.
- Alphabet confirmed the leased tower measures 650,000 square feet, the three towers together span about 2.4 million square feet, and the first tower opens in the coming months.
- A fully occupied Whitefield campus would more than double Google's local workforce, and Alphabet currently employs around 14,000 people in India, signaling the country's growing importance in its global operations.
- Industry data show global capability centres could employ 2.5 million people in India by 2030, with US tech headcount rising 16% last year as Anthropic and OpenAI expand locally.
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Google controller has set up an office tower in Bengaluru and has the option of occupying at least two buildings, which indicates the expansion of the company in the country's technological sector.
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Alphabet reportedly plans major Bangalore expansion, bolstering India's AI ambition
Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, is planning a significant expansion in India, potentially taking millions of square feet of new office space in Bangalore's Whitefield tech corridor, reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The move comes as the US tech giant seeks to strengthen its AI and cloud capabilities in one of its fastest-growing overseas markets.
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