Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Oracle's New Campus To Include Dedicated Apartment Building

Silicon Valley-based software giant Oracle said over the holidays that it is building a giant new campus in Austin, which includes the purchase of a 295-unit apartment building, specifically to house its employees. Oracle said the 560,000 square foot complex is part of a cloud expansion effort by the company, and iss part of an effort to attract "top Millennial talent" to the company. Oracle said before the holidays that it plans to expand in Austin by more than 50 percent over the next few years, with a focus on hiring recent university graduates and technical professionals at early stages in their career.