Oracle struggles to attract workers to Nashville 'world HQ'—even with a 2-million-square-foot office and Larry Ellison’s favorite restaurant

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Oracle is trying to convince reluctant tech workers to join its Nashville, Tenn. “world headquarters” with promises of a brand-new spacious office space and an in-house Nobu restaurant.

A few years after moving Oracle’s headquarters from Redwood City, Calif. to Austin, Texas, cofounder  Larry Ellison publicly declared Nashville its “world headquarters.”