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In the UK we have a heuristic that by the time a tech giant builds a big UK campus (an imitation of their SV HQ) then you know they are in the decline phase. So
by nickdothutton 1y ago
In the UK we have a heuristic that by the time a tech giant builds a big UK campus (an imitation of their SV HQ) then you know they are in the decline phase. Some of them decline so fast they don’t even get to fully complete the campus, yet others seems to have beaten this curse… so far.
- walthamstow 1y agoIs Google's office in King's Cross even finished yet?
- tim333 1y agoThey have more than one building at King's Cross. One has been finished for ages but the new one I don't think is done. Not sure what happened to the fox on the roof. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44229727 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44229727)
- nharada 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper_Index
- giardini 1y agoSo is this where Oracle is headed with its new offices in Oxford and other locations in England? https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/larry-ellison-invests-oxford-institute-expansion-2025/ https://bmmagazine.co.uk/news/larry-ellison-invests-oxford-i... https://www.oracle.com/uk/news/announcement/oracle-invest-five-billion-cloud-infrastructure-2025-03-17/ https://www.oracle.com/uk/news/announcement/oracle-invest-fi...
- insane_dreamer 1y agoEpic Systems (healthcare, not gaming) has bucked this trend. They have the most amazing campus I've visited. With 10K+ employees on site. They're also privately held, which makes a difference. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/01/inside-epic-systems-mythical-campus-a-world-away-from-wall-street-.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/01/inside-epic-systems-mythical... This is from 2022; they've built a number of new themed buildings since then, including Star Trek. https://www.penick.net/digging/?p=82929 https://www.penick.net/digging/?p=82929 https://www.epic.com/visiting/ https://www.epic.com/visiting/