Editing IBM Rochester (section)

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{{Short description|Rochester Technology Campus in Rochester, Minnesota}}
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| name = Rochester Technology Campus
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| status = Complete
| image = IBM Rochester photo.jpg
| image_alt = The sprawling Rochester Technology Campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
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| address = 3605 Highway 52 North
| location_town = [[Rochester, Minnesota]]
| location_country = [[United States]]
| coordinates = {{coord|44|03|30|N|92|30|20|W|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}}
| groundbreaking_date = 1956
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| inauguration_date = September 30, 1958
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| owner = Industrial Realty Group
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| floor_area = {{convert|3100000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}
| floor_count = 3
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| public_transit = {{Bus icon}} [[Rochester Public Transit|RPT]]
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| map_caption = Location in the Rochester Minneasota
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| current_tenants = IBM, Western Digital
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| grounds_area = {{convert|492|acre|hectare|abbr=on|sigfig=2}}
| website = https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/rochester/rochester_intro.html
}}'''The Rochester Technology Campus''' is a facility shared by several companies in [[Rochester, Minnesota]]. The initial structure was designed by [[Eero Saarinen]], who clad the structure in [[blue]] panels of varying hues after being inspired by the [[Minnesota]] sky<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tptoriginals.org/was-minnesota-the-inspiration-behind-ibms-nickname-big-blue/|title=Was Minnesota the inspiration behind IBM's nickname "Big Blue"?|last=Thao|first=Susan|date=August 2, 2019|website=TPT Originals|language=en-US|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> and the nickname of the first occupant, [[Big Blue]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Zemsky |first=Robert |date=2013 |title=Checklist for Change: Making American Higher Education a Sustainable Enterprise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vaJBAAAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |page=114 |isbn=978-0813561349 |quote=Located eighty-five miles due south of the Twin Cities, Rochester is the home of both the Mayo Clinic and a major IBM facility housed in an Euro Saarinen edifice affectionately known as the Big Blue Zoo.}}</ref>