Investor Watch

This issue awards the Governor’s Cups, writes Editor in Chief Mark Arend, but those same governors know how to share the credit with state legislators and local leaders.

Kansas claims a second consecutive Cup and Texas an 11th in our annual tally of total and per capita project wins the previous year.

One region in Upstate New York appears to have figured it out.

Investments from a semiconductor company and a gambling technology company highlight two facets of the Connecticut economy.

Investments from a semiconductor company and a gambling technology company highlight two facets of the Connecticut economy.

Infrastructure investments drive momentum in the Midwest.

Medtech in particular takes a fancy to the island, where two major companies alone employ more than 8,000 people.

The stage is set for the nation’s biggest wind energy investment. Plus: a glimpse into the roadmap for $400 billion of clean energy funding from the Inflation Reduction Act.

Project news around the world highlights Luxoft in Turin; a billion-dollar biologics project in Dublin; a $4.5 billion refinery in Pakistan; recycling from Novelis in South Korea; a $5 billion steel expansion in Gujarat, India; Turkmenistan’s $1.4 billion fertilizer plant; a $1 billion, 5-million-sq.-ft. EV plant in Thailand; and the three companies honored with the U.S. Secretary of State’s Award for Corporate Excellence.

Fintech is one of several tech subsectors expanding in Calgary, Vancouver and beyond.

Site selectors weigh in on megasite development, plus an inside look at how one Alabama megasite lured its megaproject.

New incentives deliver EV mega-projects for Michigan and its auto industry.

Brookings Institution recently analyzed the federal government’s more than $77 billion in place-based industrial policy. Editor in Chief Mark Arend has some thoughts.

From hydrogen to next-gen nuclear power, companies and communities in TVA territory have the future in mind. Learn more in the Digital Edition of the TVA Intelligence Report or read these online stories:

A deep dive into national venture capital data reveals places beyond the usual suspects that are achieving critical mass in tech.

Worker shortages dictate site selection choices like never before.

Since 2017, manufacturing is responsible for more than $16.8 billion in capital investment in the state, adding 32,000 new jobs and solidifying over 153,000 jobs over those five years.

A Throwback Thursday Holiday Edition special report confirms that a whirlwind tour has convinced SCL Unlimited to stay cozy and warm at home with a new HQ.

Potsdam Science Park is just one example of the unique offerings of members of the International Association of Science Parks and Innovation Areas.

Life sciences and the science of good living offer a heady blend in Washington.

Micron grows in Idaho; Porsche doubles the experience in Atlanta; Build Back Better award winner locations; EV investments in Michigan and Ohio; a Hollywood redevelopment in glorious Technicolor; Bridgestone’s latest bet on Tennessee.

The “Lithium Triangle” of Bolivia, Argentina and Chile is believed to contain roughly half of the world’s known lithium. If you want to apply to extract it, as one company learned in Bolivia this year, you’d better turn in your homework on time.

Intuitive Surgical feels right about investing $500 million in the Peach State at a site a stone’s throw from Site Selection’s Peachtree Corners HQ.

The builder of a $2.5 billion pipeline moves from Dallas to Omaha to oversee the project.