Investor Watch: July 31, 2023 – Site Selection Magazine

FROM SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE, JULY 2023 ISSUE

RESEARCH & SCIENCE PARKS

A Bigger Leadership Table Can Accelerate Innovation

Who is at the table steering the direction of a research or science park so that all stakeholders and the location itself benefit?

NEWS DIGEST

World Reports

News briefs update you on Moderna in Kenya and the Philippines; Intel in Poland and Germany; Rusal in Russia; green hydrogen in Saudi Arabia; and a $3 billion data center in Malaysia.

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SITE SELECTION RECOMMENDS

Intel celebrated the grand opening of a $3 billion expansion of its D1X facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, in April 2022.

Photo courtesy of Intel

“We project the semiconductor industry’s workforce will grow by nearly 115,000 jobs by 2030, from approximately 345,000 jobs today to approximately 460,000 jobs by the end of the decade, representing 33% growth,” says a new report from the Semiconductor Industry Association and Oxford Economics. “Of these new jobs, we estimate roughly 67,000 — or 58% of projected new jobs (and 80% of projected new technical jobs) — risk going unfilled at current degree completion rates.”

MICHIGAN – PURE OPPORTUNITY

LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICAL DEVICES

Health Care Hotbed Heats Up

Michigan companies make their mark in life sciences and medical devices.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Save the Dates

Among the upcoming events in Michigan are the concurrent Battery Show and Detroit Auto Show in September, Michigan Tech Week in October and the 2024 NFL Draft next April.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

Photo courtesy of Lamborghini

Earlier this month 40 drivers took part in the 60th Anniversary Lamborghini Esperienza Giro, a three-day, 626-mile driving event in Colorado that took the participants from Aspen through Paonia, Montrose and Ouray to Telluride.