Google planning a huge hardware R&D hub in Silicon Valley

Google is reportedly planning to build a campus that will house a huge hardware hub in the Silicon Valley. According to a report in CNBC on Saturday, the campus called `Midpoint` will have 20 per cent office space and 80 per cent space focused on manufacturing devices, storage, distribution and other purposes. Google has bought land in northern San Jose, California, spending more than $389 million for the five-building hardware research.