Facebook Reportedly Planning Big Facility Near Microsoft's Headquarters

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
expanding in the US state of Washington, setting up a sprawling office project right in the backyard of Microsoft.The company's massive
project is currently being referred to as "Building X" project
Facebook approached the city with plans for a 650,000-square-foot campus, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported late on Tuesday."The
company has not yet applied for building permits but a project schedule sent to the city shows that it hopes to demolish existing buildings
on the allotted land as soon as May," the report added.The site of the project is along Willows Road, where the social media giant is
shortlisting buildings on two parcels it bought earlier this year for $20 million.Microsoft has 128 buildings in a massive campus in
Redmond, Washington State.Despite being hit by massive security breaches and facing fire over its handling of user data and the spread of
misinformation, the social medi giant has continued to expand its footprint.According to a report in GeekWire, Facebook also has leased
giant would occupy a 384,000 sq feet, $246 million office project in the South Lake Union neighbourhood in Seattle.