Coming soon to Midtown: Tech Square v.2

Next week could be monumental for Georgia Tech and Midtown.

On Thursday, Georgia Tech and its development partner Portman will formally launch the High Performance Computing Center, the sequel to Technology Square, one of the hottest addresses in metro Atlanta and a magnet pulling big firms and hot startups back to the city.

Technology Square reconnected Georgia Tech with Midtown after the university was separated by construction of the Downtown Connector.

More than a decade later, the blend of a hotel, offices, retail and the institute’s business school have reshaped the area into a hive of cool startups and high-powered corporations. NCR is building its new global headquarters there, and it seems every month another tech firm opens an office or launches an innovation lab nearby.

The more $350 million joint venture — which will boast Tech as its anchor tenant — will have rotating “research neighborhoods” that span various academic fields through the campus, the university has said. The computing center will be used for academic research, financial and econometric forecasting, genetic modeling and other high performance data analysis.

Check out this preview of what Technology Square 2 could mean for the region.

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