MISSOURI

Talent, 'Boldness' Mark New State Agenda

Even without right-to-work, Missouri Governor Mike Parson and his cabinet leaders are out to refresh the state's economic development vision, one town and one project at a time.

UPPER MIDWEST

Cementing a Legacy

Lehigh Hanson expands upon a century of work in Indiana, and two reports shed light on which Midwestern states are leading and lagging in manufacturing employment.

CHILE

Google has announced the expansion of its Santiago, Chile data center. The expansion tripling the facility's footprint is said to be worth $140 million and will create 120 new jobs. The data center is expanding to meet the growing needs of its client base in South America. The facility will leverage solar power and support a huge increase in cloud computing needs.

Source: Conway Analytics

UNITED KINGDOM

Babylon Health has announced the establishment of its new headquarters in London. Babylon will hire 500 to 1,000 people to establish its healthcare artificial intelligence activities. The company focuses on developing digital health tools, including health assessment and triage.

Source: Conway Analytics

Known for its data tools for U.S. industry clusters, the Cluster Mapping effort begun by Prof. Michael Porter at Harvard Business School also extends to international cluster data, recently updated to include 2016 numbers.