Financial technology giant NCR considered asking Georgia Tech’s foundation to spend as much as $30 million to buy land for a new corporate campus near the school that would house as many as 4,000 employees, according to documents obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The idea was floated in February as NCR explored moving its headquarters from Gwinnett County to Midtown, in part to be close to the Tech campus, the documents show. Top NCR officials, including company Chairman and CEO Bill Nuti, also met with Gov. Nathan Deal and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed in October about the campus, the records show.
A deal has not been reached, and Reed told an AJC reporter Wednesday that Atlanta is one of several places NCR is looking.
In a statement, the company said, “As a matter of policy, we do not comment on rumors or speculation.” State officials also did not comment.
The AJC first reported last month that the maker of ATMs and mobile transactions technologies was working with state, Atlanta and Georgia Tech officials to locate a site for a corporate campus near the state’s top technology university, and could add 1,000 jobs as part of the process.
NCR has about 30,000 employees worldwide and about 4,600 in Georgia. To get the full story, click here.
Staff writer Matt Kempner contributed to this article.
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