Information Technology
Central Virginia offers a vibrant business environment with a highly qualified workforce in an ideal location with room for growth and expansion. As a nationally recognized emerging high technology hub located in proximity to Washington, D.C., Central Virginia provides dynamic opportunities for companies seeking advanced technology, research, and innovation.
WillowTree, Albemarle County
Fast Facts
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685 Number of Companies |
4,177 Number of Jobs |
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$129,385 Average Wages |
$1 Billion GDP |
Central Virginia Advantages
- Generous incentives for technoogy companies; Virginia’s first city-wide technology zone was established in Central Virginia.
Perrone Robotics, Albemarle County
- Robust, redundant fiber optics network; multiple telecommunications networks and electrical power providers including Dominion Energy, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative, CenturyLink and Ting.
- UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science focuses on developing more than 2,800 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate “leaders of innovation” each year.
- Two research parks support the University of Virginia’s academic and research activities, fostering relationships with commercial and industrial interests. North Fork UVA Discovery Park, a 562-acre, fully master planned, mixed-use development is located less than a mile from the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport. The Fontaine Research Park, a 54-acre, master planned development, is adjacent to the University’s central Grounds.
- Extensive technology-related education and training is available from the Germanna Community College’s state-of-the-art Daniel Technology Center. Piedmont Virginia Community College’s Woodrow W. Bolick Advanced Technology and Student Success Center is a net-zero energy building and the first in the Virginia Community College System to use 100 percent alternative energy.
Demonstrated Record of Success
Equinix Culpeper Data Center is one of the most secure and technologically sophisticated data centers on the eastern seaboard.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a sophisticated vehicle safety research center conducting crash tests and scientific studies of insurance data to publish human and economic loss results by vehicle make and model.
Named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest growing private companies in America for six years and one of Fortune’s Great Places to Work, WillowTree has launched over 700 mobile apps since it was founded in the region in 2008.
SHINE Systems provides identity intelligence expertise supported counter insurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Eiden Systems‘ high quality IT consulting has earned the firm numerous Department of Defense honors including the Commanders Award, Excellence.gov Award, and Medallion Award.
Apex Clean Energy has created $10 billion in clean energy opportunities with 8,921 MW of operating clean energy and is headquartered in Central Virginia in an energy efficient mass timber building.
Perrone Robotics created TONY (TO Navigate You), the brain behind autonomous vehicles, and established the world’s first fully autonomous shuttle solution to operate on public roads. Perrone also offers the TONY retrofit kit, which can be installed in any vehicle for rapid conversion to full autonomy.
SolarWinds database performance monitoring provides insights into query behavior and resource utilization to improve app efficiency and up-time.