Water leak floods USC's swanky Ginsburg Hall

An overnight water leak at USC’s Ginsburg Hall left all seven floors flooded Wednesday.

The building is closed while crews address the damage, a USC spokesperson said. There is currently no timeline for the repairs.

The $130 million, state-of-the-art computer science building opened to students in September. Its swanky interior, noise-controlled study pods, and no-expense-spared construction quickly turned it into a viral TikTok hit.

It’s unclear how much it’ll cost to fix the damage. A staffer who works in the building’s server room said that while the majority of its machines appeared undamaged, around five may have been ruined by the water.

The machines, which each house several GPUs, can cost some $300,000 each, the staffer estimated.

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