FuelCell Energy Is Choosing a Site for a 1 Gigawatt Factory
FuelCell Energy is looking for a site for a factory with more than 1 gigawatt of annual capacity. Its filing names no state, but it does publish screening criteria, and data center demand is one of them.
Weyerhaeuser Is Scouting Up to 10 Sites for Biocarbon Plants
Weyerhaeuser is exploring 7 to 10 sites for plants that turn wood into biocarbon. The plants go to the wood, which makes rural counties with mills and timberland the natural candidates.
Nuclear Companies Are Choosing Sites, and Some Counties Start Ahead
At least six nuclear energy companies are choosing sites for new US plants. Counties in Virginia and South Carolina start the search with people, regulators and neighbors who already know the work.
Daimler Truck is Seeking a Site for a New US Truck Plant
Daimler Truck North America is close to picking a site for its largest US truck plant, with the Carolinas among the contenders. What the search says about how these decisions are really made.
Electra Wants a Southeastern Port for a $530 Million Nickel Refinery
Electra Battery Materials has picked the Southeast for a $530 million nickel refinery and has not picked a site. Its published criteria are specific enough for a county to test its own sites against.
North Carolina Is Gaining Population & Losing Workers
North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in August while the state lost 47,152 employed residents. The labor force shrank 0.5% over the year, and falling participation is roughly three times the problem that slowing migration is.
JetZero Breaks Ground in North Carolina: Investing $4.7B and Adding 14,500 Jobs
JetZero picked North Carolina for the largest job commitment in state history — $4.7B, 14,500 jobs, 12 months from site selection to shovel. The reason wasn’t money. It was 20 years of cluster building, build-ready land, and analytical capacity already on the shelf.
Spatial Front Investing $6M and Creating 450 Jobs in Arlington
Spatial Front picked Crystal City because the cleared workforce lives there, the federal customer works there, and the cluster of comparable firms operates there. The incentive package was a $500K rounding error.
Why AstraZeneca Invested $4.5B in Virginia
AstraZeneca picked Virginia for its largest single-facility investment in 25 years — $4.5B, 3,600 jobs, 33 days from first meeting to public announcement. The reason wasn’t money. It was speed.
