Business & Technology | Google envisions its own town | Seattle Times Newspaper

I predict the next Google employee perk will be optimized spouse selection for company new-hires

But that's just a start. On Silicon Valley's NASA base, Google is preparing to build a new corporate campus with fitness and day-care facilities and — in a first in Silicon Valley — employee housing, adding 1.2 million square feet of space to Google's real-estate holdings.

While other tech giants also occupy vast amounts of real estate, Google is growing in a way that is distinct, remaking its surroundings according to its own values.

Business & Technology | Google envisions its own town | Seattle Times Newspaper