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Features

WORKFORCE HOUSING EXTRA: Big Issues Require Big Solutions

At midnight on July 11, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law. “By removing unnecessary regulatory barriers and improving the processes that govern housing development, this new law creates stronger conditions for residential construction and represents a significant victory for LBM dealers and the customers they serve,” said National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association President and CEO Jonathan Paine.

DATA CENTERS EXTRA: Snapshots from the Field

Resonating with Site Selection’s findings that Texas leads all states in data center projects and project-affiliated job creation since January 2024, Cushman & Wakefield’s 2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison report named Dallas the No. 1 primary data center market in the world, followed by Atlanta (2), Virginia (3), Columbus (4) and Johor, Malaysia (5).

A Conversation with IMD Economist Fabian Grimm

As an adjunct to Site Selection’s showcasing of the 2026 Smart City Index (SCI) published by the World Competitiveness Center at Switzerland-based IMD, Editor in Chief Adam Bruns conducted the following e-mail Q&A with IMD World Competitiveness Center Economist Fabian Grimm.

A Conversation with StartupBlink CEO Eli David Rokah

Aside from the top four cities — San Francisco, New York, London and Los Angeles — the past two years have either served as beneficial boosts to startup ecosystem growth or contributed to a steady decline. Of course there are many factors that attribute to changing trends.

Investment Profiles

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY: Prescription for Growth

When Eli Lilly and Company in December 2025 announced plans to invest more than $6 billion in a new active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama, the project immediately rewrote the state’s record books, becoming the largest private capital investment in Alabama’s history.

International

Bonus Insights into the U.S.-Mexico Border Corridor from Avison Young

In conjunction with Site Selection’s July 2026 publication of “The Border Is Not One Market” by Avison Young Senior Director, Industrial Corporate Services Carl Quesinberry, Editor in Chief Adam Bruns spoke in June with Quesinberry and Avison Young National Industrial Market Intelligence Director Peter Kroner about the location and policy dynamics influencing location decisions along the border corridor.

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS: July 2026

Hikma Pharmaceuticals invests $267 million in Ohio; Oklahoma revamps a former fuel refi nery; USA Rare Earth announces South Carolina as next mining production location; Japanese solar goes big in Texas; Rhode Island expands radar production; exports increase from Alabama’s Port of Mobile.

WORLD REPORTS: July 2026

Amazon expands in the U.K.; Sensodyne-maker Haleon invests in India; Vietnam wins $1.5 billion semiconductor facility; EuroChem nears completion on Kazakhstan plant; Romania gets world’s fi rst quantum AI data center; Galicia region of Spain sees automotive boost.

Departments

EDITOR ’S VIEW: The Circle Of Lifelong Learning

As spring inched toward summer this year, milestones kept accumulating. Births, deaths, graduations, anniversaries of events resounding with joy or grief, all piling up like the mountain of prayer stones left at the Iron Cross along the French way of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela.

Area Spotlights

Intelligence Reports