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Biggest lure for Amazon to Virginia may be campus, not cash
Washington,
November 14, 2018
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Economy
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Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat who represents the area, said he expects the campus to eventually rival Ivy League schools and MIT in prestige for developing high-quality tech workers. “The reason Amazon is coming is that they see already the talent that is here in northern Virginia,” Beyer said. Virginia Tech said the plans for the Innovation Campus mesh perfectly with the university’s longstanding plans to increase its footprint in northern Virginia and meet demand for computer science and other high-tech degrees. Amazon’s other new headquarters will be built in a New York City neighborhood that is near a new technology-oriented graduate school called Cornell Tech. |