Google drops plans for Berlin campus after protests
Google has dropped plans to open a large campus in a trendy district of Berlin that were strongly opposed by local campaigners.
The US tech giant planned to set up an incubator for start-ups in Kreuzberg, but on Wednesday said the site would go to two local humanitarian groups.
A spokesman did not say if local opposition had played a role in the decision.
Anti-gentrification activists said the move showed that “protest works”.
The Berlin campus would have been the firm’s seventh after London, Tel Aviv, Seoul, Madrid, São Paulo and Warsaw.
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45971538
Google abandons plan to build a new Kreuzberg campus in Berlin — Quartz
https://qz.com/1435550/google-abandons-plan-to-build-a-new-kreuzberg-campus-in-berlin/amp/