>Capital expense for Google more than triples: up from $2.4 billion to $7.7 billion year-on-year

Part of that also comes from Google buying up $1 billion of north Sunnyvale properties over the past year [0]. They bought roughly 50 properties. The article [0] has a nice map that shows since July 2017 Google has bought up roughly half of the Sunnyvale Moffet Park area.

I am mildly surprised how little coverage Google's buying spree has received.

[0] https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/22/google-expansion-ques...