In South India, Amazon Builds Its Largest Office Yet

  • Date: 25-Aug-2020
  • Source: The New York Times
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Oman
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In South India, Amazon Builds Its Largest Office Yet

Square FeetAs Amazon signals its growth in India with its office in Hyderabad, its largest in the world, local business owners are pushing back.Amazon's new office in Hyderabad, India, is 1.8 million square feet. The office and its campus are equal to nearly 65 football fields.Credit...Amazon India BlogBy Geneva AbdulThe austere building is hardly distinguishable in the landscape of glass and concrete buildings making up Asia's Silicon Valley, as Hyderabad, India, is known. It is one of Amazon's latest developments, the online retailer's largest office building in the world.With plans to cement its place as the center of gravity around which online retail revolves, Amazon has turned to India, the world's fastest-growing market for internet users. And it has picked Hyderabad, a city of nearly 10 million in India's south, as