Apple and Google's enormous new headquarters have been delayed as a result of coronavirus.
A source familiar with the build, who did not want to be named due to the sensitive nature of the project,There are several other Google buildings in the neighborhood at various stages of completion and Google eventually expects to employ 7,000 people in the area.
Elsewhere, the Alphabet-owned DeepMind AI lab is also facing delays on a new 11-storey building, with construction work put on hold indefinitely for the safety and wellbeing of all involved. DeepMind was — which boasts a library, lecture theater, and a roof garden — this year, but it's unclear if this is going to happen.building work at Apple's Battersea site in southwest London ceasedThe iPhone maker is set to move 1,400 staff from multiple Apple offices around London into the new 500,000 square foot space, which will occupy six floors of the former coal power station .
"We have concluded that, in light of the government requirements and guidelines, the site should remain closed for the next few weeks," said Simon Murphy, the boss of Battersea Power Station Development Company, on March 31. "In this period the only people working on site will be our security team and a skeleton staff undertaking essential maintenance. Offsite works and design activity will continue where possible to ensure we are in the best possible position when we restart on site."Apple declined to comment.
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