Denver, Colorado (1/11)
Denver received eight mentions
on the 14 lists in our review. In
2010, Denver attracted a slew
of major business investments,
particularly in its robust energy
cluster. (Direct employment
growth in the cleantech sector
from 2009 to 2010 was 7.1 percent,
versus 0.8 percent for the
overall United States.)
Vestas, the global wind energy
and turbine company, selected
the Mile High City for its first
North American manufacturing
complex. What began as an initial
project for one plant morphed
into four facilities across a
new campus, representing an
approximately $1 billion investment.
Three of the four plants
went online over the past year.
And the German SMA Solar
Technology, which captures 40
percent of the solar inverter market, located its North
American manufacturing in
Denver. Plus, "the supply chains
follow them," says Laura Brandt,
manager of economic development
for the Metro Denver
Economic Development Corp.
Cheyenne, Wyoming (9/11)
Significant investment & job creation projects:
• NCAR Wyoming Supercomputer Center
(NWSC), Federally-funded supercomputer
research center, $92M, 35 jobs
Pueblo, Colorado (10/11)
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