Data Center and Industrial Development Strategies
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Data centers are stretching the generation capabilities of the U.S. electric network. Solutions to America’s energy crisis focus on increased investment in the electric grid, creating new utility rate approaches, and capturing natural gas to build data center power plants. Investor-owned utilities are working with regulators to find new approaches to serve energy-intensive projects such
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Few industries are as sensitive to tax policy and incentives as data centers. Other than needing a small number of highly skilled high-tech workers, these facilities need a location safe from natural disaster, with reliable and affordable electric rates and water, and a competitive tax structure. Data centers pay substantial sales and property taxes based upon the
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Data center locations are primarily driven by access to large amounts of base load electric power. CBRE reports that a continued worldwide power shortage is significantly inhibiting the global data center market’s growth. Low supply, construction delays and power challenges are impacting all markets, and the worldwide power shortage continues to fuel price increases for
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A data center is a physical facility that organizations use to house their critical computer applications and data. Several types of data centers are in operation including enterprise data centers that a single company houses on corporate campus; managed services data centers run by third party providers; colocation data centers where a company rents space
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The provision of water and sewer service is a critical piece for any economic development strategy. However, the ability of communities to fund local water and sewer service without outside support has come into question lately. A recent state of Ohio water and sewer infrastructure program had over one billion dollars in requests for funding
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What do you get with a Presidential assassination attempt, a poor Presidential debate performance and a major party nomination that happens in three days… the strangest election season in the history of the United States. American democracy has survived a civil war, unrest in the streets and a storming of the U.S. Capitol—the survival of
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Not all communities have an equal opportunity for success. For decades, rural communities have been home to the U.S. manufacturing base, and now face declining population statistics. Urban centers are home to the wealthiest zip codes and some of the poorest with wide discrepancies in educational and income levels located just blocks apart. The federal
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United States’ highways and roads move 72%, or nearly $17 trillion, of the nation’s goods. Yet, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the nation’s roadway infrastructure is struggling to meet the existing demand with nearly half of our existing roadways in poor or mediocre condition. Many communities are looking for new tools to
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) should continue to be good business for corporate site location projects in 2024. FDI is investments made by foreign companies or individuals in the United States. FDI or direct investment is a category of cross-border investment associated with a resident in one economy having control or a significant degree of influence
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