The University of California at Berkeley has announced a partnership with a private developer and NASA to build a new $2 billion, 36-acre research and development center at Moffett Field in Santa Clara County.

Branded the “Berkeley Space Center,” it will be built within NASA’s Ames Research Center and is envisioned as a place “dedicated to identifying, incubating and launching technological breakthroughs” in fields such as astronautics, quantum computing, climate studies and social sciences, according to the announcement.

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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.