Facebook to open India office at Hyd

The world’s largest social networking site, Facebook, today announced it was investing in India by opening an office in Hyderabad, where it would build a ‘world-class team’ to support its growing number of users, advertisers and developers.

The California-headquarted company stated on Monday that more than eight million people in India now actively use its site to connect with friends, family and people across the globe. The company has more than 400 million active users worldwide.

Facebook’s new operations centre in Hyderabad would supplement operations supported out of Palo Alto in California, Dublin in Ireland and a recently announced location at Austin in Texas. The Hyderabad office, like the others, would house online advertising and developer support teams. Facebook would start with a small team and hire more as the office expanded.

“People in India and around the world are using Facebook to do everything from voicing their opinions on national issues to connecting with fellow cricket and hockey fans to sharing photos with friends and family. We expect our new office in Hyderabad to tap into the region’s strong pool of talented people who understand operations and technology, and help us more effectively serve the needs of our users, advertisers, and developers around the world,” Don Faul, director of global online operations for Facebook, stated in a press release.