Google planning Silicon Valley ‘hardware center’ with shipping warehouse

guest · Aug 9, 2021

Google planning Silicon Valley ‘hardware center’ with shipping warehouse
August 8, 2021
https://9to5google.com/2021/08/08/google-hardware-center-san-jose/

At the start of 2021, Google opened a new hardware engineering hub in Taiwan that houses Pixel, Nest, and Chromecast teams. Google is now eyeing a so-called “hardware center” in San Jose.

According to CNBC, Google is planning another San Jose campus in addition to the massive Downtown West project. This hardware center will consist of three “industrial” buildings, and the planning documents explicitly reference “Nest” and “Google Hardware.”
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Warehouse-like in nature, 80% of one will be used for manufacturing, storage, and distribution. In addition to office space (meeting rooms, micro kitchens, etc.), there will be “equipment platforms, conveyor belts and a shipping warehouse.”

It remains to be seen what “manufacturing” actually entails, but CNBC speculates that it will be for “prototype devices.”
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Meanwhile, Google is also building a campus next to the hardware center. “Midpoint” will be comprised of five existing buildings that the company purchased over the years and plans to renovate to house 2,800-3,500 Googlers.
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