Google picks up land from NASA for new Googleplex

Jordan Golson — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:24:42 -0700

Google has announced a 40-year lease of 42.2 acres at NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA. The new research and development campus will give Google room for up to 1.2 million sq ft of office space for $3.66 million per year.

A press release announcing the deal also touts typical Google perks: "dining, sports, fitness, child care, conference and parking facilities for its employees, as well as recreation and parking facilities and infrastructure improvements for NASA's use.

The lease, which can be extended out to 90-years, is part of a series of joint projects between NASA and Google including Google Moon and -- perhaps more notoriously -- Moffett Field parking rights for Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin's party plane.

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