BLS & Co. Managing Director Timothy Comerford and Senior Consultant Haley Hop dive into the rapid growth of data centers and how strategic partnerships between data centers, utilities and communities are key to finding win-win solutions to meet the growing need for computing power.

BLS & Co. Managing Director Tracey Hyatt Bosman and GIS and Site Selection Consultant Carissa Foley explore how data and site visualization work closely together (though they rely on different technologies) to support a project team's evaluation of potential locations.

BLS & Co. Managing Director Andrew Shapiro explores how the recently proposed BIOSECURE Act can impact location decisions for the U.S. biotechnology industry by disrupting supply chains, reducing investment, limiting R&D and causing widespread job loss.

BLS & Co. Managing Director Tracey Hyatt Bosman and GIS and Site Selection Consultant Carissa Foley explore how GIS is essential for site selection, enhancing organization and insights, and improving the decision-making process.

For a broad summary of the structure of the CHIPS Act, please reference BLS & Co.'s earlier piece which summarizes the various funding “buckets” under the Act. This article focuses on the funding opportunities presented by the largest of those buckets, the ~$50B in funding allocated to the CHIPS for America Fund, to be administered by the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) by way of several funding opportunities.

BLS & Co.'s Project Director, Stephanie Mercado, and Managing Director, Tracey Hyatt Bosman, detail how the Inflation Reduction Act will increase clean energy production in the U.S. by supporting energy innovation and encouraging investment in disadvantaged communities.