Facebook Expansion In Kendall Square Has Room For 600 Employees

January 14, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg notably said in 2011 that if he were to do it all over again, he would have kept Facebook in Boston. The social media giant isn't relocating its headquarters to the area, but it is growing its presence here.

Facebook unveiled its new office in Kendall Square Wednesday. The 130,000-square-foot space at 100 Binney St. occupies three floors — room for the office to grow three-fold to more than 600 employees.

Facebook currently has more than 200 employees in the local office who work on machine learning, data infrastructure and various products like its safety checkfeature. Those workers moved into the new office last month.

The new, larger office features some things you might expect of a tech company, like hammocks and a cafe, as well as Boston-themed meeting rooms with names like "Left On Boylston" and "Sox vs. Yankees."

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