MOUNT PLEASANT, WI – Microsoft plans to build a $1 billion data center on a 315- acre plot of land currently owned by Foxconn in Mount Pleasant, WI.
SAN FRANCISCO – Tempo Automation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Optimum Design Associates, an electronic design services company with offices in the United States and Australia.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Jabil has announced the construction of a new production facility in the Croatian city of Osijek.
WASHINGTON DC – President Joe Biden has authorized the use of the Defense Production Act to spur domestic and Canadian production of printed circuit boards, citing the technology's importance to national defense.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Though overall industry sentiment is upbeat, around 58% of the respondents to IPC’s monthly Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report expect to raise prices in 2023, with an average of an 8% increase.
BANNOCKBURN, IL – Total North American PCB shipments in February 2023 were up 5.6% compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, February shipments were up 16.4%, according to the IPC's monthly North American Printed Circuit Board Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 0.99.