Undergraduates take part in a Foundations of Data Science course at UC Berkeley. The university has received a $252 million anonymous donation to help fund construction of a Data Hub technology center on campus. (Photo by Jill Hodges/UC Berkeley)

The largest financial gift in the University of California at Berkeley’s history will help build a new center to house the fast-growing Division of Computing, Data Science and Society, UC officials said this week.

The anonymously donated $252 million, combined with a-yet-to-be raised $300 million in private funds, will be used to build a new “Data Hub” at the intersection of Hearst Avenue, Arch Street and Macfarlane Lane, according to UC Berkeley officials.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.