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As a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to certain Delaware anti-takeover provisions. Under Delaware
law, a corporation may not engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its capital stock
unless the holder has held the stock for three years or, among other things, the board of directors has approved the
transaction. Our board of directors could rely on Delaware law to prevent or delay an acquisition of us.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
We own buildings and land near our headquarters in Mountain View, California, where we own approximately
2.6 million square feet of office space in buildings and approximately seven acres of developable land to
accommodate anticipated future growth. We also own a 2.9 million square feet office building in New York, New
York.
In addition, we lease approximately 1.7 million square feet of office space and approximately 56 acres of
undeveloped land for our headquarters in Mountain View, California. We also lease additional research and
development, and sales and support offices in the United States in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; Austin,
Texas; Birmingham, Michigan; Boulder, Colorado; Cambridge, Massachusetts; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Chicago,
Illinois; Clifton Park, New York; Irvine, California; Kirkland, Washington; Lexington, Massachusetts; Madison,
Wisconsin; New York, New York; Palo Alto, California; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Portland, Oregon; Reston, Virginia; San Bruno, California; San Francisco, California; Santa Monica, California;
Seattle, Washington; Thornton, Colorado; White River Junction, Vermont; and Washington, D.C.
We maintain leased facilities internationally in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
China, Columbia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Ghana, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong,
Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria,
Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
We also operate and own data centers in the U.S., the European Union, and Asia pursuant to various lease
agreements and co-location arrangements.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
For a description of our material pending legal proceedings, please see Note 12 “Commitments and
Contingencies—Legal Matters” of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this
Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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