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Google Buys Land In Gilroy

Google plans to use the 40 acres as a tree nursery for its properties.

The Gilroy plot will supply the planned Google Village in downtown San Jose, which will need a small forest worth of bushes, shrubs and trees.
The Gilroy plot will supply the planned Google Village in downtown San Jose, which will need a small forest worth of bushes, shrubs and trees. (CBS-SF)

GILROY (KPIX 5) — Google is planning to use a newly purchased plot of land in Gilroy to grow landscaping vegetation for its properties, according to an email to KPIX 5.

“We are planning to use the property as a tree nursery for existing and future campuses,” said Michael Appel, Manager of Global Communications and Public Affairs.

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