<p>It continues the partnership CMU has with giants in the tech industry. </p>
<p>Intel, which had offices actually inside the University Center, resides now in the Collaborative Innovation Center (there was growing dissent among students and faculty that they should not be in the UC on campus). In addition, the Bill Gates foundation last year donated $20 million for a new building to ease space in the current CS facility (Simon-Newell). </p>
<p>The new Center is laterally on the edge of campus, seems to be a perfect location for Google. It'll be interesting to see where they end up.</p>