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April 23, 2009, 01:47 PM ET
Georgia Tech Bets on a Nanotechnology Center for Atlanta
Georgia Tech hopes the Marcus Nanotechnology Building will help make Atlanta the hub of new high-tech industry. (Photos courtesy of Georgia Tech)
Tomorrow the Georgia Institute of Technology will dedicate the Marcus Nanotechnology Building, a project that officials say is one of the most expensive in the institution’s history.
Georgia Tech hopes that theundefined$90-million, 190,000-square-foot complex will attract companies to Atlanta, making the city and Georgia Tech a nanotechnology hub. (News releases about the building compare nanotechnology in Atlanta to technology in Silicon Valley.) The building reportedly has one of the largest clean rooms in the country. See a video of the building here.
The Marcus Foundation—the philanthropic organization supported by Bernie Marcus, the Home Depot founder—gave $15-million toward the building.
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