Overview
- Alphabet has confirmed leasing a roughly 650,000-square-foot tower in Alembic City and holds options on two additional towers that would total about 2.4 million square feet.
- The first building is slated to open to employees in the coming months, with construction on the other two towers scheduled to finish next year.
- If all options are exercised, the complex could accommodate up to about 20,000 additional employees, more than doubling Alphabet’s India footprint.
- Coverage links the expansion to tighter H-1B rules and sharply higher application fees under President Donald Trump that are pushing more U.S. tech hiring to India.
- Reports differ on Alphabet’s current India headcount, citing about 11,000 to 14,000 employees, while industry data show major U.S. tech firms grew India staff by roughly 16% over the past year.