The University of Texas at San Antonio launched construction of its downtown School of Data Science and National Security Collaboration Center — a $90 million, 167,000-square-foot facility — with a virtual groundbreaking Monday.

The interdisciplinary building at 506 Dolorosa St., along San Pedro Creek, will “have a tremendous impact on our community, our business economy around data science and cybersecurity (and) on workforce development,” said UTSA President Taylor Eighmy. “There’s nothing like bricks and mortar to kick this all off, so I’m deeply, deeply excited.”...