Google announces more than $7 billion in U.S. investments this year, creating 10,000 jobs

Google will invest more than $7 billion in the United States this year and create at least 10,000 jobs, the chief executive of Google, the U.S. technology giant and leading Internet search engine, announced today.

We plan to invest more than $7 billion in offices and data centers across the U.S. this year and create at least 10,000 new full-Time Google jobs in the U.S.,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a statement.

Pichai said Google “wants to participate” in the U.S. economic recovery from the 2019 coronavirus disease (Chinese Communist Virus, COVID-19) outbreak, and is investing in locations that are new to Google and expanding its operations in other locations across 19 states.

AFP reports that Google is now facing pressure from dozens of U.S. states accused of abusing its dominance of the Internet search market to eliminate competition.

Under the new plan, Google will invest $1 billion in California, where it is headquartered; in addition to the San Francisco Bay Area, Google said it will add thousands of jobs in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York.