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ALABAMA Industries

Information Technology

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Industry Overview

Alabama is a developing

Technology Hub

Alabama is an emerging hub for the information technology industry. Access to talent, partnerships with higher education, low costs of living and doing business create a rich ecosystem for the industry.

Alabama is home to numerous nationally known companies with major IT operations. Robust defense, finance/insurance and healthcare industries were the genesis of many of these companies.

Over $1 billion in annual revenue serving industries such as banking and finance, government, education, consumer products, GIS, and utilities automation.

The Internet Exchange

located in Montgomery is one of only four in the Southeast

Offering IT degrees

at 34 public universities and colleges

Nearly 15,000 Employed

across the IT Sector

Home to

Google, Facebook, DC Blox Data Centers

The National Computer Forensics Institute in Birmingham–Hoover MSA is a federally funded training center for digital evidence and cybercrime investigation.

Alabama’s Technical and Educational Leadership Supports

Growth and Operational Savings

Alabama’s higher education system offers new and expanding companies access to excellent workforce training, state-of-the-art technology and innovation.

There are 28 four-year colleges and universities and 24 two-year community and technical colleges strategically located throughout the state, with 13 public four-year institutions and 21 public two-year institutions offering IT degrees. AIDT, Alabama’s #1 incentive, provides a total workforce delivery system at no cost to qualified employers. The state also provides a number of tax incentives designed to assist with a cost-effective start-up and providing continued operational savings.