A Southern California R&D hub is just one part of a $23 billion U.S. investment plan from Switzerland’s Novartis. Power transformer and mobile substation manufacturer Delta Star is reinvesting yet again in Virginia. Meta’s 28th data center will be its second in Ohio.
This issue’s check-in with the Industrial Asset Management Council features a letter from IAMC Chair Cary Hutchings and an interview with water expert James Eklund.
As America races toward a greener future, the demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has never been higher. Minnesota is seizing the opportunity to break into this emerging industry before the competition.
Photo of Robert C. Weaver Federal Building courtesy of GSA
Last week’s announcement that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) were adding HUD headquarters (pictured above) to the accelerated disposition list “in order to engage the market and explore HUD’s relocation options” reminded us of the never-ending saga of a new FBI headquarters. The process was first mentioned in our pages in this 2013 Investment Profile of Prince George’s County, Maryland. The government continues to examine its own site selection methodology, including this report issued in February by the Office of Inspector General
A leader of the Democratic Party elected twice in conservative Kentucky, Governor Andy Beshear continues to explore practical ways to improve the lives of Kentucky families.
Law firm Arnall Golden Gregory last week made available a new guide called “How Companies Can Protect Against Rising Technology Costs Amid U.S. Reciprocal Tariffs.” In addition to addressing such mitigation strategies as force majeure clauses and changes in law provisions, the guide notes the risk attached to data center services, as data centers, as well as the equipment within them, involve materials subject to tariffs.
PHOTO OF THE DAY
Photo by Scott Bauer courtesy of USDA ARS
More than 500,000 accessions from nearly 12,000 plant species are safeguarded within the National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation in Colorado, which is among the properties under consideration by the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) for cutbacks. The National Seed Storage Laboratory in Fort Collins includes the unique holdings pictured here. As described by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, “In one of the world’s longest running experiments, California Institute of Technology professor F.W. Went arranged in 1937 to seal up 20 glass tubes of each of 120 different kinds of seeds. Each air-free tube carries the date it is to be opened and its contents checked for germination. Designed to last until the year 2307, the experiment was turned over to ARS’ National Seed Storage Laboratory in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1993.”
