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HYDERABAD, India ? In a sign of Microsoft's ambitious plans for India, the company is building a huge campus complete with a cricket field on the outskirts of this high-tech boomtown.
About 600 engineers and administrative staff are expected to be based at the
Although Microsoft has steadily expanded its product group in India since 1998 in rented space, the campus signifies it plans to be here permanently and that it may expand dramatically in the future.
It has reserved 42.5 acres, enough to build several more buildings and house several thousand employees.
The construction comes as U.S. politicians and labor groups raise concerns about the effects of globalization and India's burgeoning technology industry on U.S. jobs.
It's also unsettling for the Seattle area, as Microsoft's rate of hiring in Redmond slows, employee benefits are cut to save money and plans for a new campus in Issaquah are on hold.
But Microsoft executives promise that most of its software-development work will stay in Redmond. They say they are not replacing U.S. jobs but expanding the company to participate in India's booming technology industry.
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About 600 engineers and administrative staff are expected to be based at the
Although Microsoft has steadily expanded its product group in India since 1998 in rented space, the campus signifies it plans to be here permanently and that it may expand dramatically in the future.
It has reserved 42.5 acres, enough to build several more buildings and house several thousand employees.
The construction comes as U.S. politicians and labor groups raise concerns about the effects of globalization and India's burgeoning technology industry on U.S. jobs.
It's also unsettling for the Seattle area, as Microsoft's rate of hiring in Redmond slows, employee benefits are cut to save money and plans for a new campus in Issaquah are on hold.
But Microsoft executives promise that most of its software-development work will stay in Redmond. They say they are not replacing U.S. jobs but expanding the company to participate in India's booming technology industry.
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