Information Technology

Worldweb.net has chosen OP*X (Oldham + Partners) to design its new 38,000-sf office in Alexandria. OP*X is based in Washington.

Intel Corp. hopes to locate a new campus in the city of Austin that may function as their largest US design center. The new site would accommodate up to 2,500 employees. Intel is based in Santa Clara, Calif.

Cisco Systems, inc. is considering a 600,000-sf expansion consisting of office and research space at two sites in Boxborough. Cisco is also planning a 650,000-sf office complex in Littleton, Mass. The combined space at the three sites would approach 1.2 million sf, and would be built over a period of several years.

Cisco, based in San Jose, Calif., manufactures Internet equipment.

Network Appliance Inc. moved into its new 206,000-sf headquarters in summer 1999, with two buildings at the site still under construction. Late April is the scheduled completion date for all three buildings, which will total 360,000 sf.

Now the company is seeking approval for an additional 215,000 sf across the street, where Network would remodel one existing building, demolish a second and build a new one. Network manufactures network file servers.

Akami Technologies Inc. plans to relocate to a new 108,000-sf state-of-the-art headquarters currently under construction at the former 1960's-era Polaroid Corp. office complex, which will house as many as 500 employees.

The Internet technology company envisions their offices designed to resemble the heart of the Internet. Akami has chosen Margulies & Associates of Boston to design and oversee the project.