MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google (GOOG) over the last few weeks has struck deals to rent or buy more than 1 million square feet of offices in Santa Clara County, including the purchase of several Mountain View buildings in recent days, extending a stunning expansion by the Internet giant.
This square footage would suffice to contain 4,600 to 5,800 Google employees, based on an estimate of one employee for every 200 to 250 square feet of space.
“We haven’t seen this kind of growth in a Bay Area tech company before,” said Tom Foremski, editor of Silicon Valley Watch, an online site that tracks technology trends in the Bay Area.
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