Like flickering lights, intermittent doubts put some folks on edge about the viability of the EV revolution. Judged by the capital investment, job creation, turning dirt and rising steel at projects around the world, however, the current is strong and steady.
Continuing a trend from the year before, investments in the industry dominate this year’s Top Deals of the Year, determined by a points system driven by corporate facility investment and affiliated job creation as tracked by Site Selection’s Conway Projects Database.
The Top 20 Deals of 2023 in North America and Top 20 Deals from everywhere else are presented here in ranked order by total points earned. Project locations are identified by specific community and by metro region where applicable.
Also rising in prominence — and intricately tied to vehicle manufacturing — are multibillion-dollar investments from the semiconductor sector, whether at fabs in places such as Intel’s planned $31 billion site in Magdeburg, Germany, or at locations operated by companies in the supply chain, such as leading assembly, packaging and testing firm Amkor’s $2 billion, 2,000-job project in the Greater Phoenix community of Peoria, Arizona.