Global Business and Analytics Complex
GBAC is a Boundless Impact priority project to erect two academic buildings near the prominent northwestern entrance to the Virginia Tech Blacksburg campus. The complex’s academic buildings are expected to provide approximately 213,000 square feet of space for teaching, research, and collaboration by faculty and students from multiple colleges, with a focus on data analytics and decision-making in a transdisciplinary approach.
The entire Pamplin College of Business community will be located throughout GBAC. Additionally the Data and Decision Sciences Building will serve a mix of students and faculty from the College of Engineering and College of Science, and Pamplin.
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The $175-million Global Business and Analytics Complex (GBAC) on Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus is a catalyst to secure the university’s position as a world leader in data analytics and decision science. It is a named presidential priority in the Boundless Impact Campaign. The ability to collect, assess, and use data to predict results has altered business and society.
At Virginia Tech, ranked among the Most Innovative Schools (#26) in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings, transformational initiatives are underway. As part of the university’s six-year master plan, GBAC will be known for delivering an innovative educational model that keeps pace with the digital revolution through talent production — undergraduate and graduate — and transdisciplinary research, fueling the pipeline to key economic regions. The state-of-the-art teaching and research labs, classrooms, and collaborative spaces for students, faculty and Virginia Tech’s industry partnerships, will deliver top talent and spark research throughout the commonwealth.
Amazon’s decision to locate its second headquarters in Northern Virginia included the value proposition Virginia Tech offers, the core of which is Virginia Tech's new academic building in Alexandria and the undergraduate talent pipeline from Blacksburg campus. Virginia Tech’s commitment to increasing the number of undergraduates studying data analytics, computer science, engineering, and related disciplines at GBAC is an important factor in the Amazon HQ2 initiative.
Virginia Tech produces 24 percent of the commonwealth’s four-year public-institution STEM-H degrees, more than any other institution in Virginia. The university is among the nation’s largest provider of engineering and STEM-related graduates. Business Information Technology, the university's largest major with more than 1,500 students — is STEM-H designated.
This $175-million, four-building GBAC project has university, state, and private resources already committed. To date, Pamplin has raised more than $40.4 million, including commitments from nearly 100 percent of the Pamplin Advisory Council, as well as key alumni partners at Deloitte, EY, KPMG, and corporate and family foundations such as Alice S. and J. Willard Marriott Foundation, Deloitte Foundation, EY Foundation, and KPMG Foundation.
With its undergraduate pipeline in high demand by industry and government, this is a critical juncture for Pamplin. GBAC remains a philanthropic priority in the Boundless Impact Campaign.
Send success with your gift
Contact the Advancement team in the Pamplin College of Business, to learn more about GBAC philanthropy opportunities.