Area Development Magazine

Around the Horn: Data Center Supply Chains — What's Next? Data Center Boom Reshapes Approach to Environmental Risk Last Word: Data Centers and the Infrastructure of the Intelligence Revolution Peek a Boo Data Centers Financial services company Huntington National Bank plans to renovate its operations in Tupelo,Mississippi. The $21.1 mill project will include the renovation of the company’s existing data and information processing operations center.

Located just outside Washington, D.C., Montgomery County, Maryland — dubbed “Satellite Valley” by Intellian CEO Eric Sung — has the nation’s fourth-highest concentration of physical media and data-storage manufacturing.

21st Annual Shovel Awards: The American Industrial Economy Remade in Real Time Community Risk Can Kill a Project Before It Breaks Ground Rethinking Environmental Review Tennessee's Global Moment: How Foreign Direct Investment Is Reshaping the Volunteer State High-performance packaging manufacturer CurTec USA plans to expand its operations in Westminster, South Carolina. The $10 million project is expected to create ten jobs.

Geopolitics Is Now a Site Selection Variable Oklahoma’s Competitive Edge: Low Cost, High Performance Steel Is Back—and Infrastructure Is Deciding Where New Mills Locate Top States for Doing Business in 2026: Where Competitive Advantage Becomes Project Certainty Steel tubing manufacturer Webco Industries plans to establish operations in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The project is expected to create 10 jobs. . The investment will include upgrades to an existing facility at the Port Muskogee Industrial Park. .

Logistics, Labor, Land — In That Order New Markets Tax Credits Are Now a Permanent Part of the Deal Stack Ready to Show: Five Things Every EDO Should Be Able to Answer Right Now The Decision Was Already Made Electrical cable manufacturer Viakable plans to expand its operations in La Salle, Illinois. The $55 million project is expected to create 50 jobs.

For years, the path to project approval ran through economic development offices, with discussions centered on capital investment and job creation. Once zoning and permitting approvals were in hand, financing was secured, and incentives were negotiated, success could be seen on the horizon. Not anymore.

The aerospace and defense sector is entering a new phase, one driven less by the development of new weapons systems than by the modernization of the infrastructure required to build them. For much of the past half century, the United States invested heavily in research, development, and military capability, and the results are difficult to ignore.

Companies Can Plan for Tariffs. They Can’t Plan for Uncertainty Defense Spending Surge Is Reshaping U.S. Industrial Investment How Aerospace and Defense Site Selection Criteria Are Evolving Space and Defense Are Becoming One Industrial Ecosystem Defense technology company Anduril Industries plans to establish operations in Baltimore County, Maryland. The $3.7 billion project is expected to create more than 3,100 jobs.

Logistics, Labor, Land — In That Order New Markets Tax Credits Are Now a Permanent Part of the Deal Stack Reshoring Gains Ground in Defense and Advanced Manufacturing Why Great Sites Get Eliminated: The Critical Role of Information Presentation in Site Selection Integrated engineering and manufacturing company Re:Build plans to expand its operations in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The approximately $20 million project is expected to create 150 jobs in York County.

Geopolitics Is Now a Site Selection Variable How Tariffs Are Rewiring Logistics In Focus: Ohio Builds for Aerospace Scale Navigating Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign-Trade Zones and Manufacturing in a Volatile Market Canada-based plastic bag manufacturer Polyethics Industries plans to establish operations in Antwerp, Ohio. The more than $41 million project is expected to create 250 jobs in Paulding County.