GOOGLE may be one of the world’s largest internet companies, but its futuristic Silicon Valley offices still suffer from terrible WiFi.
The connectivity in the tech giant’s new, sleek, green offices in San Francisco is so poor that staff have to go outside just to use the internet.
The Bayview building in California was built at a huge cost to house staff working on Google’s latest artificial intelligence projects.
At the time, the tech giant said it had created a “prototype of the workplace of the future” with its designs.
However, this strange situation has left employees with no choice but to take their laptops outside to do their work.
And despite Google’s $1.7tn (£1.3tn) valuation, bosses are telling employees to go to a nearby cafe for a reliable Wi-Fi connection. It is said that
Employees believe the problem lies in the undulating canopy, which is fitted with steel pipes and solar panels to power the building entirely with electrical energy.
According to Reuters, its shape resembles a “Bermuda Triangle” and eats up traffic signals.
Google is so proud of its green buildings that it even wrote a book extolling the virtues of its Silicon Valley offices.
“Since our founding in 1998, Google has relentlessly pursued an ethos that puts our users first,” reads a passage from the publication.
“This is human-centered thinking, and it applies not only to how we approach products and services, but also to how we design physical spaces and places.”
Providing a “flexible space designed to inspire innovation, big ideas, and community,” the building was the height of efficient working.
In addition to open spaces, plenty of couches, an on-campus hotel, a laundry room, and bikes to charge your phones, the building boasted eco-friendly certifications.
It was designed by British architect Tom Heatherwick, who is currently converting the BT Tower into a luxury hotel.
“We are experiencing WiFi connectivity issues in Bayview,” a Google spokesperson told Reuters, adding that the company is working on a fix.
Poor Wi-Fi isn’t the only problem Google has had to eliminate recently.
Last month, the internet giant was forced to respond to a viral post claiming that Gmail would be shut down.
This wild hoax went viral on X (formerly known as Twitter) and caused millions of people to fear losing their precious emails.
Just a few days ago, Google was forced to issue another humiliating apology, admitting that its emerging AI technology was “out of line” with historical facts.
And the US search giant was last night scrambling to fix its image generation tools as it claimed it was refusing to create images of white people even when explicitly asked to do so.
