Google opens largest APAC office Bengaluru

Google’s Bengaluru campus is real, but the viral framing around it needs tightening. Google said in February 2025 that it inaugurated Ananta in Bengaluru, calling it “one of Google’s largest offices globally” and describing the site as a major milestone in its India operations. Amazon has separately said its Hyderabad campus is its largest corporate building in the world and its first owned office building outside the United States. The broader claim in a widely shared X thread — that India tech hiring is accelerating — lines up with active recruiting pages and hiring material from several large employers, but not every number in the post is directly confirmed by current company statements. ### Did Google actually open its biggest APAC office in Bengaluru? Google said on February 19, 2025 that it inaugurated Ananta in Bengaluru, a campus the company described as “one of Google’s largest offices globally.” The official post said the site was built as part of Google’s long-term commitment to India and to support products and services used in the country and beyond. Bengaluru is one of Google’s established India hubs, and Google’s public locations directory continues to list offices in the city. Google’s announcement does not use the exact phrase “largest APAC office,” so that part of the social-media claim is not something the company appears to have stated in the source material reviewed here. ### What did Google say the campus is for? (blog.google) Google said Ananta was designed for teams working across engineering, product and other functions tied to India’s digital growth. The company said the campus reflected its latest workplace design and was developed with local partners in Bengaluru. India has been a major Google market for years, and the company’s own write-up placed the campus inside that longer push rather than presenting it as a short-term hiring burst. (blog.google) Google’s broader locations and careers pages also show India as part of its global office and recruiting footprint. ### What about the Amazon comparison in Hyderabad? Amazon said its Hyderabad site is its largest corporate building in the world. (blog.google) Amazon’s India workplace page says the campus is the company’s first owned office building outside the United States, and a separate company page says the building can support more than 15,000 employees. Amazon’s Hyderabad campus is not a new 2026 development. Amazon said in earlier company material that it inaugurated the campus in August 2019, so the X thread’s wording can leave the impression of a fresh build when the underlying fact is older. (blog.google) ### Are Meta and Deloitte also adding to the India hiring story? Meta’s India newsroom has continued to publish updates describing India as a priority market, and Meta’s corporate careers infrastructure shows ongoing openings, though the specific social-media claim about “continuing SWE roles” is best read as a snapshot of live job listings rather than a formal hiring announcement. (aboutamazon.in) Meta also said in 2025 that Arun Srinivas would lead the company’s India business from July 1, 2025, underscoring India’s importance inside the company. (press.aboutamazon.com) Deloitte India said on June 5, 2025 that campus hiring had rebounded in fiscal 2025, citing a 15% increase in hiring budgets in its Campus Workforce Trends report. Deloitte’s public report page and careers listings support the broader point that campus recruitment in India remains active, but the specific figure in the X thread — 40,000 freshers — was not confirmed in the official material reviewed here. (about.fb.com) ### Is “U.S.-rupee arbitrage” the confirmed driver? The X thread attributed the hiring trend to U.S.-rupee arbitrage, but that is an interpretation from social media, not a formulation used in the company material reviewed here. Deloitte’s report instead pointed to AI-driven transformation, changing skill needs, higher campus salaries and larger hiring budgets in India. Google, Amazon, Meta and Deloitte all have live public pages for India offices, hiring or market activity. (deloitte.com) For readers trying to verify the next step, those company pages are the cleanest place to check whether openings, campus buildouts and recruiting plans are still active. (google.com)