$66M manufacturing and research center opens at USC Aiken

The new Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative building on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus pictured Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, during a ribbon cutting ceremony. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)

AIKEN — A new research center at the University of South Carolina Aiken boasts a mini data center for running artificial intelligence experiments, a two-stories-tall room for massive projects and a biomaterials manufacturing lab. Soon, a fleet of robots will operate inside.

The 63,000-square-foot building, called the Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative, is designed to provide everything needed for the nation’s nuclear scientists and business leaders to work together on technological breakthroughs…

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