Social media giant TikTok is poised to adopt a stricter attendance mandate as part of its overall talent & efficiency strategy. The Los Angeles-based social media platform will require employees across the country to return to physical offices for a full, five-day workweek, a TikTok representative confirmed. The firm joins a slew of other major…
Interesting stats for data center site selection. Drivers here are much different that for office/manufacturing/distribution sites. Keys here are power quality @ availability as well as reasonable legislation and business environment. Job creation #s aren’t huge, but highly skilled/ specialized and Capex investments are very high. These will evolve as data center/AI operators will saturate…
Great stuff here with the perennial front runners continuing to dominate, but even more interesting and telling are the micro-markets that are climbing the lists. A harbinger of things to come as savvy corporations continue to look for new labor and cost frontiers that beat other established markets for their criteria.
Always interesting to see the largest, most impactful global projects! India is no surprise- a perennial favorite, but the African nations and other previous outliers are great to see as well as companies continue to strive for geographic diversification and seek out the most reasonably priced talent!
Interesting new study by Gallop on global talent/sentiment: Read the complete Report here.
Very interesting lead time differentials giving key cities a big advantage in the race to deliver power ready data centers! Will be interesting to watch because process and timing to reduce these delivery times is very bureaucratic and tedious.
nteresting polling results from mid to large sized companies in various industries. Always important to load the deck by following the talent!
No real surprises on this list. Drivers continue to be low taxes, great infrastructure, high quality of life and access to talent.
Interesting to see some relatively large position moves among the long-time stalwarts, and a few overall surprises as well! The real magic lies in finding the next great city for tech. Stay tuned.
The commercial real estate debt market is entering a pivotal period, where 10-year loans issued in 2016 are facing maturity with valuations well below their original underwriting. More than $100 billion in CMBS loans are set to mature in 2026, with analysts expecting over half to miss their repayment deadlines. The wave of distressed debt…