Zoom to set up R&D centre and hire hundreds of engineers in Singapore

Zoom Video Communications Inc said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development centre and will immediately hire hundreds of engineering staff for the new operations.
The video-conferencing services provider said in a statement that is also doubling its data centre capacity in the country. The San Jose, California-based company launched the Singapore data centre, its first in Southeast Asia, in August.
The company has seen a surge in users of its video conferencing service this year, with millions of workers and students using its video platform as they work and study from home due to the coronavirus-led lockdowns.
“We plan to immediately hire employees,” Velchamy Sankarlingam, president of product and engineering for Zoom, said while floating the company’s expansion plans.