Amazon today announced that a Northern Virginia site would be part of its second headquarters (HQ2) location. The decision will create tens of thousands jobs and billions of dollars in investment in the Washington, D.C., region, lure many companies that want to work with Amazon, and spur development of new industry strengths for the area.
The announcement ends a high-profile, 14-month competitive search process that received bids from 238 locations across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Northern Virginia and New York City, which also will be part of HQ2, were among 20 finalists that Amazon toured.
The Northern Virginia site chosen by Amazon is in Crystal City, part of Arlington County. Fairfax and Loudoun counties had submitted a site called Innovation Station straddling the county borders and adjacent to Metro and Washington Dulles International Airport. Innovation Station is close to an Amazon Web Services east coast campus and company data centers.
