Momentum - The Magazine for Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Vol. 3 No. 4 Winter 2018 | Page 10

Virginia Tech ready to move
forward with 1 million square
foot, $1B Innovation Campus
in National Capitol Region
Virginia emerged as a winner in the fierce, nationwide competition to house a headquarters
for Amazon. The commonwealth stepped up with a standout higher education package, includ-
ing a new Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria, which will be located less than two
miles from Amazon’s new location in Arlington.
Virginia Tech's historic commitment to build a revolutionary, 1 million-square-foot graduate
campus is the centerpiece of plans that will drive technology education and research, serve
high-tech disciplines of the future, and transform the commonwealth's innovation economy.
When fully realized, the $1 billion Innovation Campus, which includes state support, will
spark discoveries and help fill immense demand for high-tech talent in the greater Washington,
D.C., area and beyond. The Commonwealth of Virginia and Virginia Tech have committed to
provide $250 million each to seed the project.
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