Austin is the top U.S. metro for the largest increase in new movers in 2025, according to a recent Bank of America Institute report, and much of that growth is coming from within Texas. While Austin once functioned largely as a landing spot for tech workers from California and the West Coast, the January report found that nearly one in four of Austin’s new residents came from other major Texas...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has begun limited operations at its new chip manufacturing plant in Taylor, marking a major milestone for a project that has faced years of delays. The company confirmed that the facility’s first chips are expected to roll off the production line later this year. Several hundred employees have already been working at the still-under-construction site since November....
Base Power, one of Austin’s most valuable startups, plans to create 500 jobs at a new manufacturing facility and is seeking assistance from the city of Austin to do so. The energy company, led by co-founder and CEO Zach Dell, the son of Dell Technologies Inc. founder Michael Dell, plans to invest $265 million in a new 486,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near Austin-Bergstrom International...
Readers ask: “Where exactly is the Balcones Fault?” And while we’re at it, “What precisely is the Balcones Escarpment?” The easiest answer: The fault and the escarpment, named for the Spanish word for “balconies,” signal the start of the Texas Hill Country. Or, in some places, they mark the transitional zone between the rugged hills to the west and the gently rolling plains and Blackland...
Curious how Austin ranks among the U.S.? You might be surprised to know Austin is ranked #55. This website uses Rent, Cost of living Plus Rent, Groceries, Restaurant price and Local purchasing power indexes to determine ranking. Some of the cities more expensive than Austin include Philadelphia, New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale, Portland, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Saint Louis,...
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will have 32 additional gates by the early 2030s. The new gates will be built in the coming years as part of an ongoing $5 billion airport expansion program, which previously promised to bring “at least 20” new gates. The majority of the new gates, 26, will be in a new concourse that remains in the design phase. Full article here: Austin airport to add 32...
With 2025 behind us, it’s worth taking a look back at what turned out to be a big year for the Central Texas business scene — especially in technology. The region’s tech community has long been a strength but reinforced its reputation in 2025 as a hub for autonomous vehicles, a growing home for artificial intelligence infrastructure and a launchpad for robotics and aerospace companies. Full...
Austin companies accounted for nearly half of the Texas entries on a new ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing technology firms, underscoring the city’s standing as the state’s tech leader. Texas placed 25 companies on 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, which recognizes the 500 fastest-growing technology and life sciences companies in North America. Twelve of them are based in Austin, eight in...
Thirty miles northeast of Austin, Samsung Electronic Co.’s new semiconductor manufacturing complex has risen across more than 1,200 acres, its price tag adding up to one of the biggest private investments in Texas history. The world’s largest maker of memory chips and smartphones chose this corner of Williamson County to anchor what it hopes will become a long-term manufacturing hub, a fabrication...
The Texas Department of Transportation is set to launch one of Austin’s largest underground construction projects in 2026, digging 6.5 miles of 22-foot-wide tunnels beneath the city’s busiest highway. As part of the I-35 overhaul in Central Austin, which will lower sections of the highway below ground level, the transportation agency will build underground drainage tunnels to help prevent flooding...
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