The Next Big Technological Hub

In class this week, we talked a lot about the internal structures of organizations, but what about the geographic location of it’s headquarters? We know that some sort of distribution is necessary to create redundancy (safety) for company data, but where companies locate it’s central “hub” is completely up to them.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2015/jan/26/next-silicon-valley/

In this article, it discusses the prospect of Las Vegas becoming the new Silicon Valley. The article states that there is 6 major factors that will either make or break Vegas’ future:

1) Education

2) Connectivity

3) Financial

4) Transportation

5) Culture

6) Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project

With a lost cost of living, cheap travel, a plethora of tech start-ups and a world-renowned reputation (whether good or bad), do you guys think that Las Vegas has the potential to become the next big technological hub?