Poland gets Googled

Google has announced that it will open an innovation center in Wrocław which will employ around 280 people over the next two years. This will constitute Google's second planned investment in Poland, including its previously announced research and development center project in Kraków. The company explained that the Wrocław investment is part of its plans to expand abroad.

Google said it would use its Polish facilities to support its Polish and German clients and product advertising. "The Wrocław [innovation center] will be Google's second-largest center in Europe after the one in Dublin," a high-ranking official revealed.

According to Colm Long, director of online sales and operations at Google, "Both cities offered amazing support from the local authorities and have a phenomenal volume of graduates at the universities there." At the moment, Google is recruiting for its offices, and plans to hire 80 people at the Kraków center and about 200 at the center in Wrocław.

Google officials declined to comment on the amount of the investment. (Reuters)

Chris Gotowski