North Augusta officials approved negotiations to purchase land at Riverside Village. The deal is $5 million for a one-acre plot west of the Center Street roundabout and stadium parking deck. They’ll construct a cyber-focused office space there.
The project taps into $15 million set aside by South Carolina’s General Assembly. This cash came from a $37 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Energy over plutonium stored at the Savannah River Site. State lawmakers earmarked these funds for cyber infrastructure supporting Fort Gordon operations across the river in Georgia.
“We have wanted the community to have a cyber footprint for years,” said Mayor Briton Williams, according to The Post and Courier. “Fort Gordon is the Cyber Command for the entire U.S. Army; it’s not going away.”…