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Google moving, building new campus in Ann Arbor

MARIORDO / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Google Inc. is moving its Ann Arbor operation to bigger digs on the north side of the city.

The Ann Arbor News reports Friday the Mountain View, California-based Internet giant is leaving the downtown space it's occupied for nearly a decade. Officials say the operation is moving into an existing building, then constructing a new campus.
  The current office has about 400 workers, and the company says the new campus can handle "natural growth."

  Google took the wraps off its Ann Arbor facility in 2007 to serve as an online advertising sales office.

  The company was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University. Page is an East Lansing native who graduated from University of Michigan in 1995.

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Steve Carmody has been a reporter for Michigan Public since 2005. Steve previously worked at public radio and television stations in Florida, Oklahoma and Kentucky, and also has extensive experience in commercial broadcasting.
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