[Empyrean]

Here's a whole lot of left field for your Tuesday -- read in 24 Hours this morning about Google acquiring office space in Waterloo, which makes me wonder...

Do you think this might be a sign of an intimate partnership? Or maybe even an acquisition? :P

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[Radagast2012]

It's possible, but unlikely. More likely they want to pick up some former BlackBerry employees and hire more UWaterloo co-op students.

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[Ment]

It's possible, but unlikely. More likely they want to pick up some former BlackBerry employees and hire more UWaterloo co-op students.

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This. Google frequently builds campuses where tech talent lies, academic institutions and tech hubs. They also have a campus in Montreal.

[d7walker]

I believe they have been in the area for more than a year. My understanding was that they have been primarily working on Gmail.

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[RPM_KW]

It is actually currently in Kitchener.

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[green_ember]

Lots of good people out of work. Great place to set up a satellite office to take advantage of a large pool of qualified candidates

[deptech]

Google has been in the area (Kitchener) for many years, a lot of talent in the area, University of Waterloo grads mostly, they have a great Computer Science program. Google is growing well too, they move into a new larger building soon in downtown Kitchener, just a couple of blocks from their current location.

[cjcampbell]

Google has been in Kitchener for years now. They outgrew their already large space at the Tannery building and are nearly finished the construction of their new space just 2 blocks away.

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[glamrlama]

It is just Google out growing their current facility that is already in KW.