Google will build a research and administrative facility in Ann Arbor, Mich., that could employ as many as 1,000 people.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm was set to make an announcement Tuesday at a news conference at the state Capitol in Lansing, The New York Times reported.

Larry Page, one of Google's founders, earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

The big search engine has been seeking as much as 240,000 square feet of office space.