Why Phoenix Became A Hot Spot For Tech Companies

[@ChollaBlossom]

RIP low cost of living in Phoenix.

[@maroon9273]

Due to voters from blue states stinking up every place there go.

[@greg.peepeeface]

Move out to the suburbs or a state with no tech industry or major industry, like the Apalachias

[@JaredBrown_hkuspgtr]

Hasn't been for a while. Glad I bought years ago...

[@CameronHops]

Born and raised here, prices are wild now. But, keep the new comers to the west side please.

[@stevenlarson3316]

Ya, I thought the same when I heard the average salary increased from 30k to 80k since 2014. That's kind of nuts. Good for home owners, bad for renters.

[@Dr_Cole]

These are the type of stories I love to see: informative, forward looking, and positive. I don’t need to be inundated with Pollyanna views, but not do I want to be bombarded with negativity.

[@greg.peepeeface]

yup, me too, and we should all be excited for the future and to be alive

[@ChrisVink-b5b]

I just dislike journalists and politicians using the word "tech" to describe an industry. It is too vague. I think the people at Bloomberg as well as CNBC are afraid to discuss technical subjects, so they use the word "tech" a lot. You can tell all American employers I feel totally psychologically destroyed. The closest thing to engineering work I got to do was at Communications and Power Industries of Palo Alto Ca in 2001. I was laid off with about 1/3 of the company. I stayed in Silicon Valley until 2003, going to various job networking meetings. I did some teaching in China after 2003. I wanted to see what was being done in manufacturing and science there. I paid off some student loans while there, and returned in late 2006, to Las Vegas because my parents have lived there since 1984.I found nothing in America or in Las Vegas, not even file clerking jobs. I think I arrived as the housing market was collapsing. Tell every company and business and America I feel psychologically destroyed. Tell every politician that. I get sick and tired of hearing the word "tech" repeated so much in the American media, because it so vague. It is a word that has nothing to do with solving any science, math or engineering problems. Why am I to be psychologically destroyed. Do I need to get a psychiatrist to figure out why my relatives the Tiptons, Noones, Blevins and Vinks are pretty close to moral perfection, and have almost perfectly secure economic lives. I just feel psychologically destroyed every day of the week. Why am I supposed to be psychologically destroyed. I get messages on KZbin that others like me being psychologically destroyed. Why do they want that for me? I do not want that for others.

[@tonykman291]

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[@Supermom__2]

Coach Hilda Leticia Novoa is definitely the best so far. she always surprises me with amazing results.. We also plan to surprise her. You must have heard of it.

[@Peckywright]

I just looked up her name on the website. She is licensed and has an amazing track record.

[@MrKemonie]

So people were mad when packages were getting tossed. But now excited for it to fall out the sky? 😂

[@mvpfocus]

Exactly. That was way too high a drop for safety.

[@Cahluvca]

😂

[@Belle5942]

😂

[@michaelc1063]

😂😂😂

[@izdabombz1592]

As an engineer in Phoenix metro, engineers are getting laid off left and right. A lot of my colleagues have yet to find jobs 6+ months later.

[@JacobWillits]

Welcome to the club youre starting to see that everyone is expendable youre just a means to an end for them

[@user-se8eq7ou5l]

Would you call Phoenix a tech city? It seems more like manufacturing and a testing ground for tech rather than the cushy software jobs in SF or Austin

[@Joey-ct8bm]

H1 B

[@Alex-jx5bx]

​@@user-se8eq7ou5lThese are not tech jobs, but manufacturing jobs 100% agree.

[@nicoleandalfonso6355]

High paying jobs are big targets to be replaced with lower cost labor and artificial intelligence.

[@Eric-bh7jy]

People forget, the more these buildings are built, parking lots, roads, houses, etc.. the hotter it’s going to get in those areas. Not having farms and desert to absorb the heat is going to be a problem

[@NVSC10]

I hate to see all the farms go

[@testadizzy95]

Agreed. The heat island effect is already monstrous in the summer and it's only getting worse

[@Siethon1]

Saturated Californian market + Low (Relative) Taxes in Arizona + Cheap Land + Better Water Recycling Technology = Growth Opportunities in AZ

[@slyktech1860]

You would think other states would engineer lakes and reservoirs as well. Lake Mead is the largest fake lake in the US between AZ and NV and Lake Powell is between AZ and UT.

[@RoseEyed]

Great for tech companies and transplants, not so much for people who already lived there for affordability reasons, and certain parts of the environment

[@slyktech1860]

@@RoseEyed Those of us who own their houses in the N Valley for decades have it made.

[@KingRat71]

Too bad Lake Mead, both electricity and drinking water, is slowly dissappearing. Then no AC or water to drink. Drinking reclcyled pee is something populations dont really like to do. If you really want to hlep with water then get rid of those wasteful golf courses. And dont forget, the land prices have nearly doubled in the past 10+ years and that means taxes have effectively doubled too.

[@ThomasFromTN]

​@@KingRat71I wouldn't have employed quite the narrative you did in your comments. But the overall gist of your comment is spot on. With the expansion of tech in Phoenix and the influx of people relocating for jobs, against the backdrop of a receding Lake Mead... Both water supply and power resources are on pace to become critically taxed in the Phoenix area... In fact throughout Arizona.

[@TheLiamster]

Phoenix is a great city but I wish it was designed better with an extensive public transit system and more density rather than sprawling car dependent suburbs

[@redwhite_040]

what about lack of green (trees) and extreme heat.

[@danielacostanues]

Don’t need public transport. I live downtown it’s great

[@GeoffO856]

​@@redwhite_040 Non-native trees here tend to be very water dependent. Phoenix was much greener 80 years ago, but also used many times more gallons of water per person

[@alexchou4945]

You are talking the same handouts that destroyed California 😜

[@double_joseph327]

It’s still designed way better then Dallas, Houston or Los Angeles

[@rrl4245]

Another key aspect of the Phoenix area (I'm an engineer who lives and works here) is the overall environment - no natural disasters, no earthquakes, hurricanes, ice storms, floods, etc. High heat can be managed...

[@VladBear-or9ql]

Your clip for the defense industry in Phoenix is a Russian SU-30 at 03:31

[@bmunson4920]

Indeed. I noticed that non - western intake profile immediately….

[@nafnaf0]

There are no fighter jets that I know of period that have FA in Phoenix.

[@felixvergara-e6d]

I believe it's from the Indian Air Force.

[@luckycharm8888]

When tech businesses moved to San Francisco the lower middle class became homeless feel bad for Phoenix and Arizona 5 years from now.❤

[@DJ-yh8hm]

Phoenix is an incredible city! I'm from Europe and I've visited Phoenix last year. Such a vibrant American city. I'm hoping to come back someday!

[@obey2dmax]

I am just imagining "interceptor drones" in the air fighting with Amazon Deliveries operated by drone pirates. 😂

[@marsmaker3667]

America is just awesome, when people are sick of California, they can just move to another state like a new country but with the same laws and stuff. I wish I lived in America.

[@firefalcoln]

Only some of the laws are consistent between states. And even if certain laws are the same, the enforcement might make them in-effect different as well from one state to the next.

[@dozierstadium]

Yeah, from CA, but almost no where can you move from another state to CA except maybe if you live in NYC or are extremely wealthy. Also what folks don't say too much is culturally it can be quite different state to state. And there is a lot of resentment towards newcomers who just buy their way into another state. It puts pressure on the natives and locals. Taxes go up, and folks cannot upgrade due to increasing prices. But yeah, generally similar laws, obviously same federal law, but some minor traffic and civil law differences. Gun laws can vary quite a bit by region and a little bit by state. It is a privilege to have freedom to move for sure, but, the general societal and cultural atmosphere in America seems to be deteriorating, and folks love to fight politically here. Mexico is probably my favorite country for people and social atmosphere.

[@marsmaker3667]

@uKaZdAb You are focusing too much on the negatives, and that' not very American, is it? I am simply saying how amazing it is that in USA, it is basically a country of different countries, you have dozens of states and cities outside California and NY that are very rich and very developed and civilized, way better than most countries, that you can simply move to if you are sick of the LA or NYC or San Francisco way of life, it's like pressing a refresh button without losing any data. For all other countries on Earth, there is only one or two good city and if you hate it there, there is nowhere else to go.

[@firefalcoln]

@uKaZdAb There are plenty of places a regular American can move to in California. Especially if their plan is to rent rather than buy. But if you want to buy, the far north of California is similarly priced to the median US home costs today. Even along the coast in the far north right near Oregon it’s not that expensive. And remote parts of the Sierra Nevada aren’t that pricey either. It’s expensive to buy in the bustling metros of California around the SF Bay Area, LA or SD where there are lots of good jobs and weather. Some of the coastal areas away from the big cities are pricey too because they’re dream landing spots for wealthy retiring people. Vacation spots like Tahoe, Sonoma, and Yosemite are pricy if you get a location super close or within the touristy area as well. None of that should be a surprise. The Central Valley isn’t that pricy as well. The inland area between San Diego and Arizona is pretty cheap too. But it’s less ideal IMO to live in those more cost effective areas than the ones previously mentioned.

[@briank.3539]

I hope that Phoenix and the remainder of Arizona, are ready for what this type of attention will bring. Take a look at California and see what your future will look like, if not handled right.

[@RatKing59]

0:31 this 20 second sequence is a synopsis of America: new tech, great opportunities to advance science, but its use here? JENGAAAAA

[@mvpfocus]

Probably the only thing that wouldn't break when dropped from that height.

[@suresh0t]

I thought the same thing. You are 100% correct. But in reality people do use Amazon to deliver Jenga or paper towels or whatever. So if these drones can keep a truck off the road for that crap maybe its a good thing.

[@franciscou3861]

I’ve grown up here in west Phoenix and not until I seen this video did I really realize how much everything really has changed around here. I actually just saw an amazon drone yesterday as I live in the Tolleson area. Pretty crazy to think we are the first people to be tested with all these things.

[@MikeHarris1984]

Born and raised! Glad to see this! I am now in my 40's and own a house out in the far north valley in the middle of the desert about 10 min from the new TSMC plant and now Amkor chips is building a MASSIVE semi conductor manufacture plant right around the corner from me in the Vistancia neighborhood. And Hyperion is building a new chip plant too. Along with Intel that's been here for decades! I love that the valley embraced tech! And even in the citys are using advanced technology that no other states use (first state to use digital license plates), enabled autonomous vehicles, traffic control technology, MVD embracing almost all your items can be done online, no need to wait in line at the MVD anymore, embracing drone delivery (near my house is the prime air and Walmart air delivery), and so much more ...

[@Eric-bq1jo]

I've thought about moving to Phoenix metro area but I'm concerned about valley fever, especially because I have a dog. Thoughts?

[@dozierstadium]

@@Eric-bq1jo I had a bad case of valley fever in the early 80s as a kid. But I have never heard of anyone considering valley fever when moving. Seems like hundreds of thousands are moving to the Valley every year. No idea of the prevalence now. I guess you could find out by research. But what made you think of Valley fever when pondering a move?

[@Lukasz-nw2pb]

“The defense industry in particular has had a major presence.” >>> Proceeds to show Russian fighter jets 😂

[@tinotendakunaishe7952]

omg. those delivery drones are loud as hell. neighbors are gonna be so happy with each other LOL

[@ThatOneChannelinAZ]

Nextdoor is gonna be a lot of complainers.

[@franciscou3861]

It’s not that loud I’ve gotten to witness them, it’s more of like a noise you notice when you see the actual drone or else it just kinda gets lost with all the background noise of the city

[@alexbr550]

Corporations doing whatever it takes to avoid paying taxes despite their record profits. People actually cheer this on instead of holding them accountable, pathetic.

[@michaelfriend3990]

Over 100 days a year it's 100+ degrees in Phoenix. Sounds awesome. I'll just buy TSM shares and take part that way.

[@james8226]

65 days over 110, 35 over 115

[@SP-cf6pf]

Just keep in mind, anything below 105 doesn’t feel bad in Phoenix due to extremely low humidity, you get good 8-9 months weather

[@michaelfriend3990]

@ Bro, 105 is hot no matter the humidity! Lolol I know you've seen those umbrellas at the corners of intersections in Phoenix.

[@SP-cf6pf]

@ I have been living here for 15 years and that’s pretty much the common understanding, everything above 110 feels the same. I have lived on the east coast too and 90+ becomes unbearable there

[@DiscoveryGlobeLifeDocumentaryY]

Phoenix becoming a focal point for tech companies is a clear testament to its appeal due to low costs, developed infrastructure, and a rich pool of potential workforce. However, this boom also poses challenges regarding housing, transportation, and the environment as the city rapidly expands. Can Phoenix maintain a balance between economic growth and a sustainable quality of life for its residents?

[@DabidRobinson]

Great video!

[@bmunson4920]

‘…phoenix is a great place for testing autonomous vehicles because of the straight grid pattern, and great weather..’ which does not describe the 95% of places that are not Phoenix…because there is nothing like proving your autonomous car can navigate on its’ own in Boston, like testing it in Phoenix….

[@andrewpage8759]

Phoenix is a great place for early development and testing because of its simple, clean roads. AV cars will graduate to cities like San Francisco (where Waymo also operates), which is much more chaotic and better for ironing out the kinks. I live in SF, the Waymos do very well here.

[@BZDX-f1q]

@@andrewpage8759Waymo is already starting operations in Tokyo tho. So take that how you will

[@Sacto1654]

But the big problem is is water issues, which could eventually hamper Phoenix like what it may soon do to Las Vegas. Watch for possibility that somewhere in the Great Lakes region could become the next high-tech hot spot (in spite of the weather). One possible location: Detroit, especially now with the Gordie Howe International Bridge opening in September 2025, which could dramatically change that city because goods transport will be so more much easier due to the removal of the Ambassador Bridge bottleneck.

[@stevenwang2212]

Detroit needs to clean up its branding first. High skilled workers won't want to move to Detroit if the de facto branding is still a crime-ridden metropolitan

[@Cyrus992]

Las Vegas only uses 2% of the water

[@xcaravayt3578]

Why phoenix became a “Hot Spot.” *Absolute cinema*

[@janetr5929]

Phoenix resident since 76. Used to be a nice city. It’s a crime ridden crap hole now. We live within 5 miles of the new chip factory. It’s absolutely enormous and such an eyesore. Crime is rampant in Phoenix. Cost of living isn’t good anymore. I live here and am not going anywhere but I sure wouldn’t want to move here.

[@sandiahead]

Well said.

[@jimstuart1104]

I've been in phoenix 35 years. Best move I ever made. Always an Aire of optimism. Summers stink, but the rest of the year is beautiful. We've got some great small mountain towns to escape the heat. The pacific is 6 hours away. Las Vegas the same.

[@JamesC834]

RIP Portland. Why would Intel even consider new investments in Oregon when Arizona’s booming ecosystem is clearly the future?

[@MD-gt6xw]

Great that Phoenix is bringing in more of the high-tech industry. I live in the Carefree/CC area and only 15-minute drive to TSMC Fabs along Carefree Highway and those buildings are huge (one of the 3 largest cranes in the world was at the site for years during construction). The whole area in nearby Anthem is turning into Little Taiwan. Lots of mandarin immersion language in the primary schools for our kids and lots of new restaurants in the area for SE Asian cuisine even a new Taiwanese bakery (their pineapple bun is really good). Also have lots of people (primarily from CA) with advanced degrees moving into the area with their kids to work at TSMC. Huge contrast between the very poorly educated and practically illiterate folks in New River area (northern Anthem) vs the highly educated moving into Anthem. Figure it's good for both groups of people to have their kids in the same schools and learn to work together. Geopolitically this is a huge win just in case China decides to invade Taiwan or even blockade the island country which would adversely impact most industries in the U.S. as currently over 90% of all advances semiconductors come from Taiwan. Energy wise we have Palo Verde (largest nuclear power plant in the US) just about 50 miles S by SW of TSMC fab. Plus, an abundance of sunlight (300+ days/yr) making solar very attractive for the area. Personally, we installed a 12kwh solar system on primary home in 2016. Paid itself off by 2022 and full 30-year warranty on the system (including inverters) until 2046. Use to pay over $600/mo. (keep it at 72 degrees year-round) in 2015 for electricity in the summer months for a 4k sq foot home now it's just the grid tie in fee $45/mo. Love the independence of not dealing with raising energy rates (grandfathered into the 2016 rates for 25 years). So basically, unlimited energy in AZ. Study showed a 400 sq mile plot of AZ turned into one big solar farm would power the entire United States. That should be the next big investment is to make AZ the energy capital of the country. Only drawbacks to AZ is the summer heat, lack of rainfall the last couple years (climate change), lack of public transportation systems (metro line is only for downtown), water security (though residential water use only makes up 6.6% of all water used in the state). Agriculture is the biggest culprit at over 70% of all water used in the state is for agriculture.

[@gs8527]

... and Tim Horne wanted to shut down the language immersion program in our schools. 😶

[@baxterblack3700]

Fair to say that agriculture is not a good idea in az anymore? Given the water crisis..

[@stephenkelly2648]

Great information thank you for highlighting the amazing aspects of living in Arizona. I am happy to have been born here and see the growth over time, it is truly astounding! Really excited for the future and would love to see Arizona become an energy powerhouse and introduce even more water recharge and reuse projects.

[@jeffrosati2570]

Libspeak at it's finest.

[@travelchoice89]

the future looks promising. 🚗💻

[@chriscorea2430]

Let’s be real guys, it’s because ASU has been #1 in innovation for 9 consecutive years

[@JustAManFromThePast]

It's been longer than that!

[@unreal111]

Lmao

[@RoHo702]

Innovation in what? Beer pong? ASWho??

[@nafnaf0]

LOL

[@waydewilson4457]

CA scientists made a breakthrough in fusion a year ago, but I’m glad Arizona is catching up.

[@JamesC834]

As more farmland is replaced with industrial and residential, seems like the water concerns would solve itself. From my research, agriculture uses way more water. Really don't understand why people are so naive in thinking the water issue will be even a thing.

[@aparajitasuman9727]

The job market is pretty down in phoenix . People are being fired left and right. Lots of uncertainty but this video paints a very rosy picture whereas the situation is very grim.

[@MoneySavingVideos]

It only makes sense to locate fab facitities that require huge amounts of water ....in the desert.

[@shadowbits-x64]

Texans are so smart

[@WildOutWest1911]

We’ll need to build a pipeline from the Great Lakes to the Colorado River. It can be done

[@krnpowr]

@@WildOutWest1911 That's a little too ambitious. Connecting the Colorado river to the Mississippi river would be more likely, but even that isn't feasible. The amount of electricity needed to push the water to the Colorado wouldn't make it feasible. It would be more economically feasible to build desalination plants in on the shores of the Mexican state of Sonora and then pumping the water to AZ from there, even if we would have to pay gratuity fees to the Sonoran and Mexican governments.

[@linoleumshake]

They’re building on site water recycling systems so after the initial fill the water usage will be very minimal. Agriculture is still the main water consumer

[@WildOutWest1911]

@the fact is, California already pumps water over a mountain to obtain water from the Colorado River, nothing is too ambitious. Pumping water from Lake Superior in Duluth, into aqueducts such as they already have here in Arizona wouldn’t be hard

[@mikecaliforniayoutube2990]

Very Good Info

[@NazmulHaque-o2v]

😍Really wonderful 👏

[@Truthfully_Marvin]

Phoenix is an extremely interesting city. If Phoenix can pull this off, it will be one of the greatest wonders ever.

[@Krushe]

I was in the area last month and tried a Waymo. Very cool experience. I saw the future :)

[@texanfournow]

So, are they going to make more water, too? 😄

[@SeanOHanlon]

Actually the technology for that has been around for years already. It's called Atmospheric Water Generation.

[@texanfournow]

@@SeanOHanlon Then why do people panic when the topic of water comes up?

[@Krobra91]

@@SeanOHanlon the problem is also water management. arizona used to be green a century ago, but constnat water usage and not enough conversation lead to what it is now. CA is another example. LA area removed all natural waterways and moved to canals pushing water out into the ocean instead of refilling underground water systems. Hell lake corcokoran was drained when it should have stayed

[@gondolagripes1674]

​@@SeanOHanlondoesn't work at the scale needed for this. In any capacity.

[@SeanOHanlon]

​@@texanfournow While AWGs have been around for years they are still not widely adopted. I believe the reason for that is they are a "distributed" solution rather than a centralized one. That mentality is a holdover from the 20th century vertically integrated model. That's not going to work anymore.

[@eddyalvarenga]

I can't stand the heat in that region. Been there many times for work and I hated every time.

[@double_joseph327]

I enjoy the heat. I work from home and have a pool. It’s sunny most of the year. It’s amazing.

[@eddyalvarenga]

@@double_joseph327 I work from home, also enjoy the heat and I also have a pool. But over 100 degrees all year long is too much.

[@nafnaf0]

Its a dry heat and you get used to the heat over time. Now 100F feels nice to me. Around 106F and higher is still hot.

[@dannyboy480-y4m]

5 million people decided it’s not that bad.

[@Al-vw8qt]

Why ppl like to relocate to a desert is beyond me. The air is dry af and look what happened in LA .

[@progamerdude712]

JUNCTION Business District, South St Elizabeth now the fastest growing town in Jamaica. Serving both tourist and locals alike, welcoming all business investors and shoppers to our new ECO MEGA blocks. Black River, Lovers Leap, Treasure Beach, Santa Cruz, Appleton Estate, Alligator Pond, Holland Bamboo etc.

[@shmookins]

Go Phoenix. To reach such a place takes decades of policy and economic decisions to reach fruition, and Phoenix did that.

[@jeffrosati2570]

That should end soon with who the voters are electing lately.

[@thejquinn]

Literally all the subsidies these companies are given, the avg worker is basically paying to work at one of these companies in PHX

[@eddiejohnhurst1]

Sun, Less Storms, Less Wind!!!

[@TienyeeTien]

No tax for rich in Arizona

[@DefensisIndus]

Dang Phoenix and Vegas missed huge opportunity to build Like Saudi Arabian style cities in the desert, but they chose Hulking suburbs in the heat 😂

[@aliberry1553]

WELCOME TO BEAUTIFUL ARIZONA🥰😍😍🤩❤

[@dexterspeights3484]

Low taxation attracts wealth and big business any place on earth!

[@Raul-m6j]

Good on them, rough for locals that don't up their game as cost of living's likely to skyrocket, but for those who do jump on board, good on them!

[@Grant-ww6gg]

Is going to be crazy.

[@richardperez109]

Like Peggy Hill said, Phoenix is a “monument to man’s arrogance”, so seems like a perfect fit for the tech industry!

[@shadowbits-x64]

Building a City knowing there will be a water crisis is a real Thanos moment...

[@emmanuelogunlana877]

You could say that about countries in the Middle-East that have thrived for years.

[@Luximoto]

Cost of living has gone up 2-3x since 2015 lolol. Used to be cheap!

[@Roshni-l2n]

I still think the weather and the water crisis will win the battle 😢

[@DesertbikerAZ]

I am going to order 10 bags of water softener salt. Good luck drone.

[@Jaker.th3fake]

Why would I want my package dropped from the air like that? Doesn’t sound safe for me, my family, or my package

[@zollen123]

I was shocked they didn't present a better solution.

[@mvpfocus]

Exactly. Why not just land first?

[@rendermanpro]

That's funny situation, while companies moves there to do everything cheaper, and pay cheap with a "but living cost here is much cheaper, so we pay you less" excuse, and......... everything automatically start skyrocketing and rent and homes become not affordable. And "cheap" place become expensive place.... Some kind of "game of life" in computer graphics. Open and closing moving, and move again in a loop....

[@chinglee100]

Everyone is obsessed with Phoenix and Arizona I have never met a single person who doesn’t think it’s the greatest place on Earth

[@mvpfocus]

I only visit in the winter.

[@TinLeadHammer]

One day delivery is not fast enough, here is your jenga in one hour, because you just cannot wait! How much plastic padding is going to be wasted for the packaging? This is a stupid idea from any angle unless is it a cover program for a military drone.

[@trentd2152]

Dopamine hit is more important no matter the cost.

[@amatiphone9644]

It’s very hard to work at TSMC, people I know run from this place.

[@asbestoz1123]

Could work for a supplier in the tech park

[@mempto]

Most of the people complaining about TSMC are resentful bigots who don’t like the company because, gasp, it’s not run by white men.

[@mempto]

Most of the people running away are racists. Which makes the work environment at TSMC better!

[@amatiphone9644]

@ no, not this. It’s the pressure and disrespect.

[@jeffrosati2570]

@@mempto there's that word again. Intelligent comment you made.

[@dreh2941]

If you like barren, arid land, up to 120 degrees for half the year, worse air pollution than LA, living middle of nowhere, horrendous traffic, etc. etc...Phoenix is your place...you will love it!

[@SanAndreasWatchParty]

Absolute HELL on earth 6 months out of the year (how much $$$ did Phoenix pay CNBC for this fluff piece?). In an area that has been grossly overbuilt for the lack of water in the area, with no new water sources on the horizon (and with shocking pushback on the last/only hope left, a desalination plant). If you could short any U.S. city, it would be Phoenix.

[@Truthfully_Marvin]

Phoenix is extremely resilient. The Valley will prove a lot of ppl wrong.

[@DK-mt1xw]

I would say 4 months personally but yeah that "100 year water plan" sounds like BS. They are $$ signs and didn't care about future Arizona problems

[@Eco-Innovate]

Phoenix's cost of living is affordable compared to other tech hubs like Silicon Valley or Seattle

[@krnpowr]

For now.

[@shaduck06]

Amazon has been advertising its drone delivery service, known as Prime Air, since around 2013. The concept gained significant attention when Amazon founder Jeff Bezos first mentioned it during a "60 Minutes" interview in December 2013. Since then, Amazon has been working on developing the technology and infrastructure n

[@ЕленаКичайкина41]

I will be 90 years old when I will be able to pay my 9.99 for drone delivery

[@jonanderson8795]

More noise.Lovely.

[@JK-zw8ec]

Great flying weather in Phoenix.

[@factoura3113]

Very insightful. I like the idea of building a science park in Arizona like they do in Taiwan

[@Carl_in_AZ]

🔌🔌The issue with the Phoenix Valley is the lack of electrical power and pollution caused by the new high-tech industry and the additional people it requires to run the facilities. Companies like TSMC, Intel, Azure, Iron Mountain, H5, Meta, Google Vantage, QTS, Align Energy, and Apple use massive amounts of power that require over 2.6 GW from the APS and SRP grid. The new Tract AI data center in Buckeye will require 1.8GW, which exceeds the City of Phoenix's power usage today. Simultaneously, Phoenix is on track to move from the fifth most polluted city in the USA to number three if the NOx levels from vehicles are not addressed. The highway overhead signs warn people about air pollution a few times a week. By the end of the day, the gray haze (smog - NOx) is so thick it makes the surrounding mountains hard to see. Now, one of the top respiratory health clinics in the world is located in Arizona.🔌🔌

[@tarashrynchuk3118]

Ah… now I know why homes in Phoenix cost ten times more than a decade ago.

[@bmunson4920]

‘….walk across the street for a cup of coffee….’ Has this woman ever been to phoenix, or one of the suburban busines parks she’s talking about?

[@RachelK-x4o]

Those drones are gonna get shot down quick in gun country Arizona 😂

[@rose415]

As long as Phoenix is watering grass in the desert, they don’t really have a water problem, yes I’m talking golf courses

[@nuqwestr]

AZ needs power and water infrastructure. Desalination plants south and west to feed AZ. San Diego has the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. Let's power them with modular nuclear and make the Southwest Desert Bloom.

[@juancasiano5366]

Yay phoenix!

[@petereriksson7166]

Good, the world needs a strong america.

[@rotmage]

As a PHX native... I hate it haha

[@kaifuzzy1]

Wait until they step out the door and it’s 110 desert waiting for them

[@JacobWillits]

And then you get in the automatically climate controlled tesla whats the problem bro

[@bestwarrior4630]

No problem at all, until you decide to walk to some place. Last summer I had 127 F and hit doom which is lasted 47 days. Is is a problem now?

[@doublecore17]

American manufactured Sukhoi planes in 3:34 ?????? lol

[@duran9664]

⚠️FACT⚠️ Without Federal & state generous subsidies/giveaways, all these companies would have never moved to Arizona! 🤷‍♀️

[@jx5298]

without H1bs, nothing it would it become

[@nafnaf0]

4:30 Boeing is not located in south Scottsdale like it is shown on the map, it is in east Mesa. Northrup has multiple sites in the east valley.

[@alvinantonio8033]

Had no idea what TSMC was, now I know. I go to Phoenix regularly for the past decade. Rode in a Waymo for my first time last month. But what will happen if or when Arizona doesn’t have enough water like how Nevada has less water for their people?

[@Maxpasadena]

The majority of the water in AZ is used for agriculture - that will be reduced over time. 1 hour north of Phoenix (look for Payson on a map) it looks like Colorado and SRP has built and is expanding reservoirs to hold water from snow melt and rains.

[@albertPI007]

This is amazing and interesting about how Phoenix raised up as the new tech hub for the US and maybe, foreigners like me will have more chances for remote jobs in near locations.

[@JacobWillits]

People are wanting to hire americans first

[@robertlee8805]

This is good news for America but rather have the better living neighborhoods. I would recommend the ASU's neighborhoods.

[@jing2x87]

Congratulations for manufacturing SU-30 in phoenix.

[@urbanstrencan]

Is Phenix becoming new silicon valley ❤

[@Greg766]

I would love it for a drone to drop my package from 10’ up. Awesome thanks.

[@parkhustler7565]

Uhm I received my package via drone and all of my glass pettree dishes are broken 😂

[@Crispycheeez]

San Francisco bay area will always be AI startup hub

[@thejquinn]

No mention of all the subsidies all these companies get, so effectively the residents are paying more in tax to keep said companies there (plus literally if they work there, paying to work at said company)

[@oeckstei]

What about the future of the Colorado river and the climate?

[@oeckstei]

As far as the drone delivery, cities are going to get very loud with all that noise pollution unless they have very quiet drones in the works.

[@Alexrod1214]

Where are the jobs then? I don’t see new jobs popping up lol all the jobs still in bay area and Seattle

[@Cahluvca]

🎯

[@flanagamer]

And you definitely don’t wanna live in Seattle, trust me…

[@kakashi0429]

I so mad at Washington and Oregon for messing this up. Wtf

[@Nonchalant2023]

David Carbon looks like a Temu Russ Hanemann from the Silicon Valley series 😆

[@DK-mt1xw]

Thank you for bringing up the water! Kinda thought this was a puff piece if you don't bring up negative consequences. TSMC should build solar panels on the South side of the C.A.P. Canal near their facility. They better not try to shut down Ben Avery's Shooting Range either.

[@Raul-m6j]

On the military side, could use innovation in anti air defense specifically for drones, that's been laggard in development while drones posing a near uncontested threat in current combat environments. Particularly the ones guided by lengths of conduit.

[@hoklau1936]

They have been saying this every decade. Phoenix will never be a tech hot spot. Just ask what percentage of the population move in and out every year. Only thing hot in Phoenix is the weather. People good at what they are doing have choice, like not burning their hands on the steering wheel.

[@Maxpasadena]

Then how do you explain 7,000 Amazon/AWS employees in Tempe along with huge Paypal, DoorDash, Indeed and other SV companies with operations here?

[@NotRyanTurner]

“OcotiLLo” lolol

[@Starship007]

Austin And Phoenix! We need more states similar to Texas and Arizona. Texas GDP number 8 in the world!!!! Texas is its own country. We need to be a leader in AI, Made in America. We can become a creditor nation again vs the world’s largest Debtor nation now. We need a AI revolution where everyone around the world wants our products. Made in America. Trade surplus vs deficit! Capitalism and the American Dream! I am excited for USA’s future. Very inspiring to hear. More chips in USA vs TSMC in Taiwan. More battery factories in USA vs buying from Korea, China’s CATL, and Japan. EV’s will be faster and cheaper to build in the future. More storage batteries to use solar/wind at night! As battery costs come down we will hand $25,000 EV’s.

[@CrudballianArchitecture]

Phoenix is a freaking desert!!!!! How is that possible???!!!

[@hppavilionf50]

What about water? What happens when it dries out? Also, it's so hot during the summer, many people will never move there. Or if they do, they leave a couple years later because you can't go outside from 6 am - 10 pm for 6 months.