Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Microsoft to Build $280 mn China R&D Centre

BEIJING: Microsoft Corp broke ground on Tuesday on a $280 million research centre that is to become the software giant's largest research facility outside of the United States.

Microsoft plans to double the number of full-time Microsoft research employees to 3,000 by 2010, in addition to about 1,500 current project-based researchers in China, and the energy efficient campus will eventually be home to 5,000 employees.

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