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Project Bulletin: April 29, 2024

California-based waste solutions company Brightmark Energy has plans to invest $950 million an hour southwest of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Top Deals of 2023

by Adam Bruns

Employees from Hyundai got in on the action at the 200th anniversary St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Savannah in March. The start of production at the $7.59 billion, 8,500-job Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America rising alongside I-16 has accelerated to the fourth quarter of 2024.

Photo courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America

Like flickering lights, intermittent doubts put some folks on edge about the viability of the EV revolution. Judged by the capital investment, job creation, turning dirt and rising steel at projects around the world, however, the current is strong and steady. Continuing a trend from the year before, investments in the industry dominate this year’s […]

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2024 PROSPERITY CUP

by Mark Arend

Georgia’s Long Game Secures Its Claim to The Cup

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Features

The 2024 Mac Conway Awards for Excellence in Economic Development

by Gary Daughters

The economic development organizations profiled in the following pages are being recognized for contributing significantly to their locations’ investment attraction and job creation success

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Snapshot

The Capitals of Connection

This year, for the first time, among the external indices used in Site Selection’s Global Best to Invest rankings (due to be released on Thursday, May 1) is the DHL Global Connectedness Report.

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Global Best To Invest 2024

by Adam Bruns

The 16th annual Global Best to Invest rankings showcase the top countries and metro areas in terms of their outlook for corporate investment.

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Project Bulletin

Project Bulletin: April 22, 2024

A $250 million investment by Apple will look to promote collaboration between the company’s teams housed in Singapore’s northeast Ang Mo Kio district.

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Area Spotlights

Historic EV Charging Funds for I-10 Corridor Land in New Mexico

by Alexis Elmore

TeraWatt was selected by New Mexico’s Department of Transportation to own and operate two EV charging centers.

Photo Courtesy of TeraWatt Infrastructure

An electric corridor project in January was selected to receive $63.8 million for the buildout.

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Snapshot

Scrubbing Clean Energy Data

Industry project investment data from sectors and professional practices attached to clean tech and clean power are central to the sophisticated index behind Site Selection’s annual Sustainability Rankings, which last year saluted top performers such as Sweden, North Carolina and Austin, Texas.

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Kentucky Makes

by Adam Bruns

View a snapshot of the tens of billions of dollars’ worth of manufacturing investments around the state in the past few years.

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Features

Hungry? Head Indoors.

by Alexis Elmore

Vertical hydroponic systems begin to sweep the U.S. as a solution to food insecurity challenges

Photo by Johnny Greig: Getty Images

Buffalo offers a budding solution from the world of controlled-environment agriculture.

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Kentucky: That Sweet Smell of Success

by Adam Bruns

The commonwealth is home to global brands and a growing number of third-party logistics providers

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Project Bulletin

Project Bulletin: April 15, 2024

China-based solar module manufacturer Seraphim Energy Group announced last week that it would be investing $829 million in the Huadu district within China’s Guangdong province.

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Kentucky: A Hub for Logistics Success

by Adam Bruns

The commonwealth is home to global brands and a growing number of third-party logistics providers

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‘Strategically, the Right Location’

by Mark Arend

For a state with a population of about 4.5 million, Kentucky is home to an astonishing number of international employers.

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Built to Last

by Lindsay Lopp

How Kentucky continues to grow its manufacturing empire.

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Snapshot

Where Foreign-Born Residents and Foreign-Sourced Investment Coincide

The people come from different points of origin than the corporate investment. But are there states where high numbers of foreign-born individuals coincide with high numbers of foreign-sourced corporate facility investment?

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COLLABORATION

by Mark Arend

The key to Kentucky’s metals industry success.

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That Grand Taste of Tradition

by Gary Daughters

Notes from Kentucky’s unstoppable bourbon boom.

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Area Spotlights

Illinois: How Kankakee County Secured the Largest EV Battery Investment in Illinois to Date

by Lindsay Lopp

A small town in Kankakee County, located less than an hour outside of Chicago, last fall secured the largest electric vehicle battery investment…

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Features

Health Care As Incubator

by Adam Bruns

Children’s Health℠ and UT Southwestern Medical Center unveiled plans in February for a new $5 billion pediatric health campus on more than 33 acres in Dallas’ Southwestern Medical District.

Renderings by HKS, Perkins&Will, and McCarthy Vaughn

Expanding health care environments offer growth and attraction opportunities for science.

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Area Spotlights

Minnesota: Manufacturers Weigh In On Their 2024 Prospects

Among the more than 70 major manufacturing investments tracked in Minnesota by Site Selection’s Conway Projects Database since January 2023 is Ascential Technologies’ reshoring to a new facility in Blaine in November, just after Minnesota was named a med-tech hub by the federal government.

Image courtesy of Ascential Technologies

Minnesota manufacturers are cautiously optimistic about 2024, according to the Minnesota Manufacturing Business Conditions Survey, the results of which were announced in February.

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South Central: Cleaning Up On Clean Energy

by Gary Daughters

Canoo’s electric delivery vans are the first vehicles to be produced in Oklahoma in 17 years.

Image courtesy of Canoo

The federal Inflation Reduction Act is hitting home in the south-central U.S., where states known for big employers in the oil and gas industries are generating thousands of new jobs in clean energy…

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Area Spotlights

New Mexico: All About Albuquerque

by Alexis Elmore

New project investment landing in Alburquerque solidifies New Mexico’s reputation for attracting international investment.

Photo courtesy of New Mexico Tourism Department

There’s a lot of movement happening within the borders of New Mexico and that movement appears to come from opportunities — job opportunities, to be specific.

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