IN HAMPTON ROADS, VA
INDUSTRY LEADERS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Located in southeastern Virginia, Hampton Roads is a diverse region offering a variety of lifestyles and assets for individuals, businesses and organizations of every variety. Residents can choose from an urban setting, a suburban neighborhood or a rural environment while enjoying an average commute of less than 25 minutes.
Home to the deepest natural harbor and the fastestgrowing port on the East Coast, Hampton Roads offers convenient access to the world’s markets via its integrated transportation network connecting the seaport to interstate highways and rail services. Located midway between Maine and Florida, the region’s central location provides access to 47% of the U.S. population — more than 130 million consumers — within a day’s drive.
HAMPTON ROADS, VA
IP Configure is a veteran-owned small business with a big impact in this military town. IP Configure is a leader in developing software and creating cutting-edge video surveillance research. From its location in Norfolk, VA - a revitalized 1930’s historic property in the heart of the city’s technology zone and steps away from Old Dominion University - IP Configure is providing solutions to quick service restaurants, international ports, hospitals and institutions of higher learning. The convergence of business, technology and academia has created an environment of growth and innovation in Hampton Roads.
Hampton Road offers competitive wages. The region’s mean annual wage rate across all occupations is nearly 8% below the U.S. average.
SOURCE: BLS MARCH 2022
TALENT & HIGHER ED.
Hampton Roads is home to 12 colleges & universities, 21 trade & technical schools, 128,000+ students and 1,300+ annual graduates in Computer and Info Sciences.
VIRGINIA TALENT ACCELERATOR
The Virginia Talent Accelerator Program provides world-class training and recruitment solutions that are customized to a company’s unique operations, equipment, standards and culture. All services are provided at no cost to qualified new and expanding companies as an incentive for job creation.
WORKFORCE
21,000+ military personnel exit the services annually in the state of Virginia. 71% of
15,000+ military personnel exit the services annually in the Hampton Roads region.
Computer and Info Scientists boasts a regional location quotient of 2.33, more than twice as concentrated as the national average.
Approximately 13,000 people are employed in the Information Technology industry in Hampton Roads, and the number of jobs is forecast to grow 6% by 2026.
REGIONAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Old Dominion University
• Center for Cybersecurity Education and Research promotes cybersecurity awareness and forensics.
• Cybersecurity & Military Laboratory pursues ongoing research projects including cloud computing, software networking and cyber resilience metrics.
• Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center is ODU’s modeling and simulation research center. It was founded in 1997 at the request of the Dept. of Defense.
Norfolk State University
• Leading a $25M initiative to enhance IT workforce.
• Big Data Information Security Laboratory is a state-of-the-art facility designed for teaching and research in network security, cloud computing and big data.
• Cybersecurity Internship Program allows interns to work on a variety of topics including big data mining, intrusion detection, and modeling and simulation.
ECPI University
• With four locations across Hampton Roads, ECPI offers a wide variety of Information Technology programs for both Bachelors and Masters degrees.
• Programs include Cloud Computing, Cyber & Network Security, Mobile Development, Software Development and Web Design & Development
Virginia is home to the highest concentration of tech talent and third-largest tech industry workforce in the nation.
Approximately 70% of the world’s internet traffic moves through Virginia’s data centers every day
Virginia’s exiting military are located in Hampton Roads.
TALENT INVESTMENT
Through its historic, innovative Tech Talent Investment Program, the Commonwealth of Virginia, donors, and corporate partners are investing more than $2 billion to expand Virginia’s tech talent pipeline, doubling the number of graduates each year in computer science and closely related fields. Additionally, Virginia higher education institutions already produce roughly 12,000 tech-related degrees and certificates annually in areas ranging from computer science to modeling and simulation.
MAP KEY
Southside Fiber Ring
Regional Fiber Optic Network, Phase 2 - 4
Major Municipal Fiber Connections
Existing Transatlantic Cable
Planned Transatlantic Cable
Subsea Cable Carrier Hotel at Corporate Landing Business Park
BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE
The Regional Connectivity Ring is a fiber optic cable infrastructure project that will serve as a backbone for the digital ecosystem of Hampton Roads. It will eventually connect the entire region to the digital port in Virginia Beach. Phase I of the project will include a 119-mile fiber ring through the cities of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, and Norfolk, connecting local government centers, higher education facilities, and military installations. Construction for Phase 1 began in April 2022 with completion planned in 2023. Future phases of the project will connect the Southside to the Peninsula and the western localities.
The Hampton Roads Alliance is dedicated to assisting you with your business investment or expansion needs across our 15 localities.
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