VMware announces USD 120 mn investment

BANGALORE: VMware, Inc, virtualisation and cloud infrastructure solutions company, today announced a multi-year investment of USD 120 million that includes a long term lease for a new 420,000 square foot building in South Bangalore, currently under construction.

VMware's India-based R&D and support operations are second in size and scale only to those at the company's headquarters located in Palo Alto, California, US, it said.

Existing facilities in Bangalore will be consolidated into the new state-of-the-art premises, which will seat 2,700 employees when ready next year, it said in a statement here.

The campus will accommodate new and ongoing product R&D, as well as a large staff supporting VMware's global operations and India's sales teams, it said.