How Buddy Rizer, an official in Virginia's Loudoun County, helped build the world's largest data center market, with ~200 buildings spanning ~49M square feet
Virginia's Loudoun County is a giant data-center market thanks in part to a radio DJ-turned county executive director for economic development
A look at Intel's $28B Ohio chip factory, the largest economic development project in Ohio's history, initially set for a 2025 opening but now delayed till 2030
Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal : Bluesky: @computing and @scottlincicome Bluesky: Dennis Lam / @computing : i am long INTC on the grounds that as a natural security matter, it will be forced to suc...
An essay on what a “powerful AI” may look like and how it could positively transform the world in biology, neuroscience, economic development, work, and more
How AI Could Transform the World for the Better — I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI.
An essay on what a “powerful AI” may look like and how it could positively transform the world in biology, neuroscience, economic development, work, and more
How AI Could Transform the World for the Better — I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI.
The Greater Memphis Chamber says xAI plans to develop a new facility in Memphis to house a supercomputer and could receive tax breaks and other incentives
xAI — is building an AI supercomputer at the former Electrolux site in Memphis. https://dailymemphian.com/... By @samhardiman Steve Cohen / @repcohen : Like I always say, Memphis has a ton of momentum...
A backlash against data centers has triggered laws in Arizona, Georgia, and other parts of the US to restrain the rapidly growing, energy-intensive industry
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post : X: @postlocal , @paula_in_pwc , @montroseva , @jessefelder , @postlocal , and @postlocal X: @postlocal : Despite being a major source of tax revenue, there are conce...
A look at Intel's challenges in building its $20B Ohio chip fabs, set to open in 2025, including finding 7,000 construction workers during a local building boom
Ohio's largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers …
MakeMyMove: at least 71 US cities and towns are now offering cash grants and other perks to attract remote tech workers, up from 24 in October 2021
Incentives are drawing high-paid tech workers, and challenging how we think about local economic development
Open letter from New York's state budget director regarding Amazon's pullout, which he calls a “tremendous loss”, claiming that HQ2 would have had a 9-to-1 ROI
losing 25,000+ jobs and $27 billion in tax revenue https://www.governor.ny.gov/ ... @semil : To each their own, tho as the facts bear out, cannot be argued as a win for NY/NYC/Queens based on this htt...
How New York City evolved into a tech hub over the last two decades, fueled by Google's DoubleClick acquisition and the Bloomberg administration's policies
Euan Robertson started his job with New York City's economic development team at an ominous moment.