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Re:Google Parent Alphabet and Aramco in Talks to Build Tech ... by dspillett on Thursday February 01, 2018 @10:45AM (#16282637)
They are, as are many people. They have been for quite some time though with limited effectiveness it would seem, and it isn't likely to get any better in the immediate future because US politics is currently, to use presidential terminology, a shithole.

They will continue to lobby I'm sure, as they will prefer to find the talent they need near their existing infrastructure instead of needing to build new - but they are at the point where plan B (building infrastructure elsewhere) is looking like competitive value for the investment in time and money.

Another argument (of several, large investments like this are very far from simple single-variable issues) may also be that their competitors don't have a foothold there: so by investing first they get access to that talent pool more exclusively than they do the pools elsewhere, at least initially.

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