I could believe it. Google in the Bay Area in particular had a lot of variance just based on if there was a space crunch or not. I know at times in the core Goo

I could believe it. Google in the Bay Area in particular had a lot of variance just based on if there was a space crunch or not. I know at times in the core Googleplex they had long periods where they had the smaller (4 foot?) desks although this was partly space crunch and partly PAs not wanting to move out into the boonies (like Charleston; this was even before Sunnyvale). But it wouldn't surprise me. Scale is an issue. Even for as large as Twitter is, it's still a drop in the bucket compared to Google. And just like in computing, scale makes everything more difficult. Like Google in NYC realistically over the next few years will require a total of ~10M square feet. I'm guessing they're 6-7M now. You just can't manufacture that kind of space in Manhattan. Even in South Bay it's already a sprawling mass over office parks, essentially. Applying the term "campus" is a stretch. Even if you can get that much space, you have to consider efficiency. Like how far does each employee need to go internally to get to their meetings, to cafes, to the parking lot or subway or bus or whatever and so on. Parking is a big waste of space in South Bay but (sadly) a necessary one. Even if you could solve that (eg by building over it and having underground parking) you're still essentially at the limit of what the I-101 ramps can support traffic-wise. I know Google is expanding into San Jose at this point. It's crazy.