Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center

The Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center (GCITC), also known as the Georgia Cyber Center (GCC), is a 337,000 square foot office complex comprising two buildings in downtown Augusta, Georgia, as part of the Nathan Deal Campus of Innovation on Augusta University Riverfront Campus. Built on the former Augusta Botanical Gardens site, groundbreaking began in early 2018. The Hull McKnight building first opened on July 10, 2018. The Shaffer MacCartney building opened later on January 10, 2019.

The complex’s tenants include academic, government, and private-sector partners. Primary academic partners consist of the Augusta University School of Computer and Cyber Sciences and the Augusta Technical College School of Cyber and Design Media. State and federal agencies on-site include the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Crime Unit, the National Cyber Range, the Cyber Fusion Innovation Center (CFIC), and the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC).

Private industry partners include Parsons, Booz Allen, Leidos, Peraton (which acquired former tenant Perspecta), Athenix Solutions Group, ECS, Scientific Research Corporation, Sealing Tech, and Todyl. Other organizations located at the center include the National Wild Turkey Federation and The Alliance for Fort Gordon. The facility continues to complement the United States Army Cyber Command at nearby Fort Gordon and the Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, South Carolina.

A third, 250,000 square foot, 10-floor building has been planned to provide more research capacity with Augusta University as the anchor tenant. However, no construction timeline has been set.