Google's stylish office building 'Bay View' has turned into a Bermuda triangle with devastating Wi-Fi connectivity due to design problems
Google's Bay View building in Mountain View, California, has problems connecting to Wi-Fi, so even though Google is one of the world's leading IT giants, employees who work there have to connect Ethernet cables or use mobile phones. Reuters reported that it has become a hot spot and is surviving.
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Google's Bay View campus, which began construction in 2017 and was completed in 2022, is fully electric with the largest geothermal facility in North America, has 90,000 solar panels called 'Dragonscale,' and features natural light and rainwater. It is a futuristic office building with a roof shaped like a futuristic building.
'When we spoke to Googlers about what they look for in a workplace, they found that while cohesive teams make them happier, more productive, and more creative, they need to be isolated from noise and movement to concentrate and get work done. We realized that people also needed space, so we designed separate focus and collaboration areas with easy access to both, with team spaces on the upper level and gathering spaces on the lower level.'' said David Radcliffe, Google's vice president of real estate and workplace services.
However, it seems that the ease of transmission of radio waves was not taken into account during the design, and six Google officials interviewed by Reuters said that they were plagued by poor and unstable Wi-Fi connections. .
Especially in communal workspaces, where it's difficult to carry around a laptop while working, some people rely on running an Ethernet cable to their desk or using Wi-Fi tethering on their smartphones to get a reliable internet connection. About.
Google encourages people to come to work three times a week, but the unstable Wi-Fi in the workplace makes it difficult to work, and one AI engineer assigned to Bay View said, If you're an Internet company, you'd think this problem would have been solved.'
It's unclear why the Wi-Fi connection is so poor, but employees say, ``The undulating ceiling is swallowing up radio waves like
A Google spokesperson confirmed that there were issues with Bay View's Wi-Fi connectivity, saying, 'We have already made several improvements to address this issue. I would like to do so.''
Google workplace managers are encouraging employees to take a walk outside or go to a cafe next door with strong Wi-Fi. Some people have also been given new laptops equipped with more powerful Wi-Fi chips.
Employees participating in AI projects in which Google is investing intensively are being relocated to Bay View. When Reuters asked Gemini, Google's generated AI, ``Is there enough Wi-Fi on campus?'' Gemini replied, ``There is a high possibility that there is Wi-Fi on the Bay View campus. Considering that it's Google's headquarters, I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case.'' He gave a cautiously optimistic answer.
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