Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) broke ground on the 94,000-square-foot Louisiana Digital Media Center that eventually will be home to 600 video game development workers and LSU’s Center for Computation & Technology. EA, the video game company that produces titles like The Sims™, Madden NFL, says that this new building will house its North American Test Center.
The $29.3 million project will result in a three-story structure on LSU’s main campus. LSU’s Center for Computation & Technology had long sought a contemporary, permanent home for its programs that drive academic and business research with high-performance computing. The state also sought a permanent home for the EA North American Test Center, which has been located on LSU’s South Campus since 2008 with nearly 400 workers, half of which are full-time employees. Both of these goals will be realized at the Louisiana Digital Media Center when it opens in 2012 on LSU’s main campus.
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