Google opened its second R&D building in Taiwan. Tsai Ing-wen and Hou Youyi were present to witness the opening – Free Finance

Google opened its second R&D building in Taiwan. President Tsai Ing-wen (middle) and others attended. (Photo by reporter Wang Yisong)

[Reporter Xu Ziling/Taipei Report]Google officially opened its second hardware R&D office building in Banqiao, New Taipei City today. The first one will be completed in 2021, making Taiwan the largest hardware R&D base outside the U.S. headquarters. President Tsai Ing-wen, New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi, former Ambassador to the United States Hsiao Meiqin who is about to take over as Vice President, Economic Minister Wang Meihua, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sun Xiaoya, and Executive Yuan Political Affairs Councilor Deng Zhenzhong were all present to witness today.

Google pointed out that since the establishment of its first office in Taiwan in 2006, the scale of operations in Taiwan has continued to expand. In the past 10 years, the size of the Google Taiwan team has grown more than 20 times, and has brought together employees from more than 30 countries and regions. Help Taiwan move towards its goal of becoming Asia’s Silicon Valley.

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This office building houses more than 50 laboratories with advanced equipment and encourages open and innovative office spaces, hoping to move towards a development vision with AI applications as the core of the design.

Google Vice President of Hardware Peng Yujun pointed out that Taiwan’s engineering R&D team has gathered talents from a wide range of fields, including software, hardware, semiconductor design, product development, quality control testing, etc. Taiwan’s participation in the development of devices and technologies has gradually increased, including Pixel smart phones. Mobile phone series, Pixel Watch smart watches, Fitbit health wearable devices, Nest smart speakers, Chromecast streaming media players, etc., are all developed and contributed by Taiwanese teams.

President Tsai Ing-wen (middle) said that in addition to building office parks in Taiwan in recent years, Google has made Taiwan the largest hardware R&D base after its US headquarters. (Photo by reporter Wang Yisong)

President Tsai Ing-wen said in her speech that in addition to building office parks in Taiwan in recent years, Google has also made Taiwan the largest hardware R&D base after the U.S. headquarters; in the past eight years, the government has promoted the “5+2 Industrial Innovation Plan” and various infrastructure Construction, Taiwan’s industrial clusters are now more complete, and the supply chain has also shown resilience during the epidemic. Last year, the amount of foreign investment in Taiwan exceeded US$11.2 billion. When more and more foreign investors invest in Taiwan, we will be able to secure a key position in the international supply chain. status.

Chen Jianren, President of the Executive Yuan, said with a smile that the working environment of Google’s new office is great. “It would be great if the Executive Yuan was like this.” He pointed out that Google has been deeply involved in Taiwan for 19 years, and the regional data center is in Taiwan for the 11th year. Google not only helps Taiwan’s digital industry flourish, but also successively invests in 4 submarine cables in Taiwan, making Taiwan an international data center. An important node in the flow, it also helps form a data shield and strengthen Taiwan’s competitiveness in the global ICT industry.

New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi said that Google will open its first R&D center in Tpark, New Taipei City in 2021. Thank you to Google for choosing New Taipei City again, because Google has taken the lead in allowing related industrial chains to take root in New Taipei City. I also thank many entrepreneurs for choosing to build in New Taipei City, so that New Taipei’s population continues to grow, with approximately 3,000 people growing every month.

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