By Amit Chowdhry
Publication Date: 2026-10-02 02:55:00
The University of Washington and Microsoft have expanded their longstanding partnership by opening UW’s first permanent, full-time location on Microsoft’s Redmond campus.
The site will become the new home of the University of Washington’s Global Innovation Exchange, an interdisciplinary engineering and business institute focused on emerging technology.
Microsoft is supporting the location with a $42 million in-kind contribution.
Microsoft is providing the 48,500-square-foot facility to UW through a rent-free lease, and it occupies two floors in the south wing of Building 92 on Microsoft’s West Campus.
The space includes six classrooms, prototyping facilities, a distance-learning studio, specialized laboratories, workshops, and collaboration areas.
UW and Microsoft intend for the location to serve as a center for applied education and research involving artificial intelligence, robotics, and other emerging technologies.
The arrangement places a UW academic unit…