The South Charleston Technology Park is a 651-acre tract of land that was used as the corporate research and development headquarters of the Union Carbide Corporation. With over 800,000 square feet of engineering, chemical R&D, computer, and product development space, the Technology Park offers many advantages to organizations or businesses involved in research, development or technical services. In addition to the physical facilities, the area offers a strong technical workforce readily accessible to the park.

The Technology Park, then known as the Union Carbide South Charleston Technical Center, was the largest R&D facility of the Union Carbide Corporation. From its opening in 1949 it was the source of scientific and engineering innovations that shaped the development of the chemical industry.

After Union Carbide's merger with The Dow Chemical Company in 2001, Dow's corporate management announced that the campus would be made available to other tenants. As the functions of the two merging corporations were consolidated, personnel reductions created excess facility capacity, and a substantial amount of building space is currently underutilized.

This unique property has the potential to be used for the creation of a multi-tenant research and development technology park, modeled after the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. The RTP has attracted over 60,000 high technology jobs to that area and has formed the basis of a robust economy for the entire region.

With on-site infrastructure already extensively in use and space available for immediate occupancy or for building, the Technology Park is a very attractive location for technology-focused businesses.