Two projects this week are advancing the development of technology infrastructure across the region. In Festus, the Festus City Council voted to move forward a $6 billion data center project. And in St. Louis, the Board of Public Service will soon vote on a $3 billion technology hub at the Armory.
“The communities attracting that investment are not guessing about the future. They are building it,” wrote Ron Kitchens, Managing Partner, Greater St. Louis, Inc.
The Bottom Line
Technology has the power to drive transformative growth across the region. And that technology, whether health care, finance, geospatial, biosciences, or any other growth sector, relies on data.
A group of St. Louis industry leaders came together last year to assert that the region must not just embrace but build the technology infrastructure needed to achieve growth and opportunity for all: “The economy has reached a new crossroads, and if innovators and investors look at St. Louis and see a region that is serious about the infrastructure of the future, they will want to be a part of a city that welcomes their energy and rewards their commitment.
“But if they look at St. Louis and see a region unwilling to plan for the future, they may look elsewhere.”