It's crazy to me that big Tech Cos keep building massive offices and don't mind that there's not enough housing built to match. Those rent/housing prices drive up the wages they have to pay.
Of course they mind. Google even works with developers to build housing: https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/12/googles-massive-housi...
Also FWIW, housing prices (rents) have generally stagnated for the past 3 years in the Bay Area; it's less of a problem now (in terms of getting worse) than it was half a decade ago.
Google even works with developers to build housing
Besides, local municipalities can make it easier to build by alleviating some of the time consuming (and expensive) permitting process but they don’t really care. There’s all kinds of things they can do even just with zoning.
One?
They give lip service regarding the general concept but have yet to put so much as a specific development before a planning commission, let alone a city council.
Locating the offices in areas with high housing costs is an effective way to discriminate against people with families. Such people might not want to dedicate life fully to the company. Getting people to live in apartments means that there is no gardening or home repair to do, so one might as well head in to the office and do some more work.
At this point it is a self fulfilling prophecy