Facebook to Have its Largest India Office in Bengaluru
The social media giant Facebook is eyeing to take up about 220,000 sq ft office space in Bengaluru which would be their largest office in India. The company has acquired the space in Embassy Golf Links, an office park that houses marquee clients such as IBM, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and reinsurer Swiss Re among others.
With this, The city’s booming commercial market will now house all the Big Five tech firms that include Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google.
The company is expected to move into the new facility next year which would supposedly have a headcount of 2,200. The exact nature of operations is not clear immediately, however, the rent stands at Rs 130 per sq ft, or Rs 34 crore a year.
The Menlo Park-based company opened its first India office in Hyderabad, in 201...