Google commits to post-Brexit UK with major London investment


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016

What Brexit?: Google's first wholly owned and designed building outside the United States will increase its presence in London.

LONDON:  Google delivered a vote of confidence in London's future as a technological hub after the Brexit vote on Tuesday by announcing plans for a new building in the King's Cross area of the city that will house thousands of extra engineers.

Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai said computer science had a great future in Britain, citing the talent pool, educational institutions, and passion for innovation present in the country.

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