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Not only are more regions making more use of more renewable energy than ever, they are finding the cost is manageable — even before factoring in the cost to the future of doing nothing.

Business and community leaders pick the brains of leading site consultants at the World Forum for FDI.

At a time when talent is at a premium, how can companies in smaller communities hope to attract a young, educated workforce?

States and localities line up to lure data centers, and in doing so, are exploding some myths about what companies can demand.

Where the global aerospace and defense industry
is heading in 2016, according to a major new report from Deloitte.

Food safety in all its iterations is the most important issue facing food and beverage manufacturers.

Economist Ned Hill handicaps the TrustBelt and gives frank advice to site selectors and communities.

Areas of Innovation are districts anchored by science parks; many are profiled in a new publication by that name from the International Association of Science Parks.

No longer relegated to the sidelines, cybersecurity moves front and center in corporate strategic planning.

Reports offer tips on advanced manufacturing locations with advantages that may not be apparent at first.

The 2016 Sustainability Rankings reflect where the action is, and where the dirty work of cleaner living is taking place.

Where site selectors are most likely to invest in the next five years.

Entertainment districts and millennial playpens demonstrate the interwoven nature of value when it comes to office and retail markets.

After a production volume recovery in 2015, what’s next?

Delegates on a tour of Arizona’s innovation attributes were more than a little impressed with the state’s universities and their economic development acumen.

US pricing is more competitive than before, but companies must carefully negotiate incentives and conduct state-by-state, regional research.

New regulations regarding international taxation of multinationals will impact the attractiveness of countries for biopharma FDI.

The Top Deals all amount to one thing: opportunities for growth — in innovation, market share, regional GDP and, in many cases, human as well as profit potential.

Not one to pout after a failed merger, Allergan makes yet another wager on Waco.

Cluster and venture capital data show where longstanding strength provides the backbone for feisty startups.

Russia, Iowa expansions are about much more than new facilities.

Paradigm shifts are a dime a dozen. But the leaders of Aligned Data Centers say this one’s for real.

Geographic clustering data on global UAV firm locations is scarce, but we found some. Next time, maybe we’ll use a UAV.

How a signature headquarters project is turbocharging Atlanta’s new Aerotropolis Alliance.