<P> In 2006, Google moved into about 300,000 square feet (27,900 m) of office space in New York City, at 111 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan . The office was designed and built specially for Google, and houses its largest advertising sales team, which has been instrumental in securing large partnerships . The New York headquarters includes a game room, micro-kitchens, and a video game area . In 2010, Google bought the building housing the headquarter, in a deal that valued the property at around $1.9 billion, the biggest for a single building in the United States that year . In February 2012, Google moved additional employees to the New York City campus, with a total of around 2,750 employees . In 2018, Google's parent company Alphabet bought Chelsea Market building for $2.4 billion nearby its current New York HQ . The sale is touted as one of the most expensive real estate transactions for a single building in the history of New York . </P> <P> By late 2006, Google established a new headquarters for its AdWords division in Ann Arbor, Michigan . In November 2006, Google opened offices on Carnegie Mellon's campus in Pittsburgh, focusing on shopping - related advertisement coding and smartphone applications and programs . Other office locations in the U.S. include Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Boulder, Colorado; Cambridge, Massachusetts; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Kirkland, Washington; Birmingham, Michigan; Reston, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. </P> <P> In October 2006, the company announced plans to install thousands of solar panels to provide up to 1.6 mega watts of electricity, enough to satisfy approximately 30% of the campus' energy needs . The system will be the largest solar power system constructed on a U.S. corporate campus and one of the largest on any corporate site in the world . In addition, Google announced in 2009 that it was deploying herds of goats to keep grassland around the Googleplex short, helping to prevent the threat from seasonal bush fires while also reducing the carbon footprint of mowing the extensive grounds . The idea of trimming lawns using goats originated from Bob Widlar, an engineer who worked for National Semiconductor . In 2008, Google faced accusations in Harper's Magazine of being an "energy glutton". The company was accused of employing its "Don't be evil" motto and its public energy - saving campaigns to cover up or make up for the massive amounts of energy its servers require . </P> <P> Internationally, Google has over 78 offices in more than 50 countries . It also has product research and development operations in cities around the world, namely Sydney (birthplace location of Google Maps) and London (part of Android development). </P>

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