{"id":19463,"date":"2015-12-23T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T14:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesscloudnews.com\/?p=242052"},"modified":"2015-12-23T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T14:40:56","slug":"oracle-gets-tax-breaks-to-build-cloud-campus-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/oracle-gets-tax-breaks-to-build-cloud-campus-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle gets tax breaks to build cloud campus in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Oracle\"<\/a>Oracle has unveiled plans for a technology campus in Austin, Texas in a bid to expand its workforce by 50% in three years. It\u2019s looking for millennials who want to work and live on site and sell cloud computing systems, by creating a combined office and housing complex.<\/p>\n

Oracle is also to close its Oregon offices and incorporate the facilities in the new Texas complex. No details were given over staff re-location.<\/p>\n

The move is part of a state initiative, including tax breaks and low regulation, as Texas positions itself as a home for innovation and technology. \u201cI will continue to pursue policies that invite the expansion and relocation of tech companies to Texas,\u201d said Texas State Governor Greg Abbott.<\/p>\n

The site will include cheap accommodation as Oracle competes for talent in a region with a high concentration of technology start-ups. Its recruitment drive will be aimed at graduates and technical professionals at early stages in their career with the majority of new jobs being created in Oracle\u2019s cloud sales organisation, Oracle Direct.<\/p>\n

Oracle is to work with local firms in building the campus, the plans for which include the consolidation of Oracle\u2019s facilities in Oregon. In the first phase it will build a 560,000 square foot complex on the waterfront of Austin\u2019s Lady Bird Lake. It is also building a housing complex next door, with 295 apartments, for employee housing.<\/p>\n

Austin\u2019s technology community is teeming with creative and innovative thinkers and the town is a natural choice for investment and growth, claimed Oracle Direct\u2019s Senior VP Scott Armour. \u201cOur campus will inspire, support and attract top talent, with a special focus on the needs of millennials,\u201d said Armour.<\/p>\n

Austin\u2019s biggest problems are affordability and mobility, according to Austin\u2019s Mayor Steve Adler. \u201cI look forward to working with Oracle to tackle our biggest challenges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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