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).
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The Heritage Foundation’s 2026 Index of Economic Freedom; Celltrion expands South Korean biopharmaceutical operations; TikTok to build second Finnish data center; National Oilwell Varco increases manufacturing capacity in Brazil; Mercedes- Benz grows in the Czech Republic; Roche opens new Swiss research facility.
Siemens Mobility will open a new manufacturing and rail services center in North Carolina; Meta earmarks $9 billion for an El Paso Data Center campus; Mercedes- Benz spends $4 billion expanding in Alabama; first uranium enrichment facility comes to Kentucky; Nestlé Mexico grows its operations; L3Harris spends over $1 billion on rocket manufacturing in Virginia.
“Disagreements over policy issues are often a part of democracy,” write site selection consultants Larry Gigerich and Chris Lloyd. “Intimidation and violence are not.”
Google announced as developer behind new data center campus in Georgia; AbbVie joins the biopharmaceutical ecosystem in North Carolina; Meta breaks ground on its first data center in Oklahoma.
A new joint venture expands semiconductor manufacturing in Taiwan; Aligned Data Centers expands its portfolio in northwest Texas; A leading national transportation company unveils a new Southeast hub in Georgia.
KIO Data Centers brings major projects to life in Guatemala, Mexico and … the moon?
Singapore gets $24-billion wafer fabrication facility; green Danish industrial park scoops 100MW AI data center; CDMO Vetter Pharma to build $566 billion facility in Germany; solar power company Sungrow announces major investment in Poland; the top 10 countries for best business environment.
Softbank Group and AEP announce a 10-gigawatt AI data center campus in Ohio; Waaree Energies strengthens the solar components supply chain in India; Hyundai Translead marks its first investment in Illinois.
JLL’s Sean Farney talks about the future of the global data center pipeline.
Amazon announces its first data center campuses in Louisiana; Hyundai Motor Group to explore new tech and energy applications in South Korea; A new solid missile rocket facility selects Virginia.
Ohio plant reimagined for data center equipment manufacturing; top 10 U.S. states by health care experiences; Georgia welcomes animal vaccine manufacturing; autonomous ships set sail in the Gulf Coast; semiconductors rise in Ontario; New Jersey nets nearly $500 million in pharma manufacturing.
Indian port city nabs $26 billion in data centers; top 10 global cities by hours lost in traffic; spandex manufacturing expands in China; Hyundai boosts battery production in South Korea; Czech Republic wins $2 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility.
AVAIO Digital Partners delivers the largest economic investment in Arkansas; Johnson & Johnson returns with a new facility investment in North Carolina; LIS Technologies will bring a first-of-its-kind uranium enrichment facility to Tennessee.
Hut 8 announces a new multi-billion data center campus in Louisiana; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals makes room for future medicine pipeline in Massachusetts; Swisher International plans major expansion in Florida.
A new data center near Reno and a $1-billion-dollar New Mexico research and manufacturing facility add to the region’s investment portfolio.
When Google “googled” Indiana, it found Fort Wayne and a whole lot of talent.
TikTok prepares to construct its first data center development in Brazil; Hyundai plans third R&D center in South Korea; Three Lee Li Holdings beverage companies plan for expansion in Ontario
CleanArc Data Centers plans first Virginia hyperscale data center campus; A Sandoval County site brings Project Ranger to New Mexico; First Solar announces new onshoring facility in South Carolina.
Meta secures billions to construct a new JV data center campus in Louisiana; Pharmaceutical company adds new production facility to its 85-year-old site in Virginia; Eos Energy announced an HQ move and expanded operations in Pennsylvania.
The DOE jumps on the data center bandwagon; a $400 million agrifood investment in the Peach State; Mars invests $2 billion across multiple U.S. sites; Maryland goes nuclear; and Ford is all in on EV production.
Meta expands its Montgomery data center campus in Alabama; Eli Lilly delivers massive pharmaceutical manufacturing investment in Texas; APM Terminal enhances its Port of Barcelona operations through a new expansion.
Google unveiled as developer Arkansas data center; Georgia-Pacific plans major mill enhancements in southwest Alabama; A shipbuilder aims to support U.S. Coast Guard needs in Texas.