How Infrastructure, Energy and Water are Reshaping Site Selection in 2025

21 May 2025
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It’s one of the most pressing challenges facing communities across the United States: infrastructure readiness. What’s really at stake in the world of pipelines, utilities and energy grids – and how is it impacting site selection?
At the Site Selectors Guild 2025 Annual Conference, leading site selectors came together for the panel “Infrastructure, Energy, and Water, Oh My!” to answer this question. Here’s what Guild members Michelle Comerford, Brad Lindquist, Sarah White, Gary Yates and Johan Beukema had to say.
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