Malachowsky Hall at the University of Florida.
Malachowsky Hall at the University of Florida.
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University of Florida opens $150M tech center with help from Nvidia cofounder Chris Malachowsky

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The University of Florida is opening its Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology today in Gainsville, Florida. The $150 million, seven-story structure received a donation from Nvidia, Nvidia cofounder Chris Malachowsky and the state of Florida.

Designed to set the standard for future STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) buildings across national and international campuses and transform the artificial intelligence (AI) and data science workforce, the building was dedicated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony today.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.