Press Releases

Global IT Services Organization to bring jobs and business to NC

Company plans $70 million investment in Mecklenburg County

Announces Social Networking Leader to Build Data Center in Rutherford County

  Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that Facebook, the world’s leading social networking service connecting more than 500 million people, will locate a multi-million dollar data center near Forest City in Rutherford County.

State Grant Helps Precision Hydraulic Cylinders, Inc. expand in Beulaville

Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that global food and beverage giant PepsiCo will expand its current facility in Forsyth County by adding sales and service call center operations.  The company plans to create 195 jobs and invest $7.5 million during the next three years in Winston-Salem.  The project was made possible in part by a $400,000 grant from the One North Carolina Fund.  

Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that North Carolina remains the state with the “Top Business Climate,” according to Site Selection magazine. It is the sixth year in a row and the ninth time in 10 years that the state has taken the top honor in the annual ranking by Site Selection, one of the nation’s premier economic development magazines. As part of the ranking, the magazine surveys corporate executives that help businesses select new locations. This year, those executives ranked the Tar Heel state as the top for ease of doing business.

Grants to Help Counties Cut Utility Bills, Save Taxpayer Dollars and Create Jobs

The North Carolina Energy Office today announced that an additional $4.5 million in federal Recovery Act funding for energy efficiency grants has been awarded to 34 local governments, community colleges and local school districts to help save on fuel and utility bills and create jobs.  The 17 grants are the second round distribution of money to local agencies in North Carolina.  More than $16.4 million has been distributed to 138 local governments, public school systems and community colleges.

State Grant Helps Reich GmbH Locate in Arden