[planetjones]

A good sign of commitment by Google to their Zurich office - recently the Swiss papers had stories of Google looking towards building their London office, due to limitations in acquiring work permits for staff in Switzerand. This news somewhat contradicts it; Zurich really is an attractive location for talent to flock toward.

[delroth]

Google secured 5 new buildings in a very nice location in Zürich at the end of 2014: http://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/google-zieht-an-die-europaallee-1....

This article says this is enough space for 5000 more employees.

[spacecowboy_lon]

Zurich attractive? - I though it might be Google hedging its bets in the event of Brexit.

Though Cranfield CIT and half way between Oxford and Cambridge woudl have been another good choice. - they could even have taken RAF Twinwoods over as a site for a DC as it has a direct link to the Grid.

[tdaltonc]

If they thought that Brexit would have a big impact on their business, they could just wait a couple weeks to announce anything.

[anonymousDan]

I wonder what kind of impact brexit had on their decision. Presumably not much since Switzerland is outside the EU anyway.