Apple is reportedly set to open its first office in Cambridge, England. A report from Business Weekly says the company’s offices will overlook the Cambridge University botanical gardens.
Business Weekly, via 9to5Mac:
The Californian-based business is believed to have identified 90 Hills Road for its Cambridge city centre offices and R & D function. With Grade A office space at a premium in Cambridge, the US giant would probably start with around 20 staff but have capacity to gear up to as many as 40 in that space.
The UK government is attempting to establish Cambridge and other cities as a UK version of Silicon Valley. More than 1,000 tech companies currently have a presence in the area known as the Cambridge Cluster or Silicon Fen. The attraction for Apple is likely the academic expertise available via Cambridge University, whose undergraduates have an impressive 61 Nobel Prizes between them.
The university’s School of Technology is designed to merge the work of six separate departments: chemical engineering and biotechnology, computing, engineering, business and sustainability leadership.
Apple is currently building a huge “Spaceship” campus at its corporate home of Cupertino, California. However, it has also established satellite offices in such far-flung locations as Israel and China, in addition to U.S. locations, including Seattle and Florida.
