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  • Accenture Plans Major Zurich Campus

    Accenture Plans Major Zurich Campus

    The consulting firm plans to expand its activities in Zurich to house more than 1,000 people. The move is sparked by a pandemic-induced change to working ways.

    Accenture will build a more than 9,000-square-meter hub in the heart of Zurich’s banking district, it said in an emailed statement on Tuesday. The new space will house more than 1,000 of its employees.

    The move was sparked by a shift in the definition of work as a result of both digitalization and the pandemic. «With the move, we are not only responding to Accenture’s current growth but also the changing needs of our employees,» country head Marco Huwiler said.

    Accenture will relocate in phases through 2024. «If the pandemic has shown one thing, it is that the previously valid work culture is undergoing a major transformation»

    The consulting firm led a consortium including SIX’s digital exchange, Credit Suisse, and UBS which helped the Swiss and French central banks on a cross-border settlement of digital currencies, or CBDCs, experiment.

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  • Canoo Reveals Renders Of Manufacturing Campus In Oklahoma, USA

    Canoo Reveals Renders Of Manufacturing Campus In Oklahoma, USA

    Canoo, the electric car startup which went public recently via a SPAC merger has shared renders of its manufacturing campus that will be built in Oklahoma. Canoo calls it the mega micro-factory and it is scheduled to be opened up in 2023. In the Tulsa region, it is expected to create more than 2000 jobs. Canoo recently lost both its co-founders, with one, Ulrich Kranz, who led the development of BMW’s i3 and i8 electric cars and then moved to Faraday Future has joined Apple. In fact, Canoo was of great interest to Apple with the company interested in its skateboard. But Apple being Apple wanted to acquire Canoo while the team at Canoo wanted to retain its independence.

    “Oklahoma has always been a pioneer in the energy industry, and this partnership with Canoo shows that our state is an innovation leader in electric vehicle technology,” said Governor Stitt.

    “We are thrilled to partner with Canoo and Chairman & CEO Tony Aquila to provide high-paying jobs for Oklahomans and position America as the global leader for vehicle manufacturing for decades to come,” he added.

    It is developing an all-purpose delivery van and a modular pickup truck. It has a 400-acre campus which will be Tulsa. In a tweet, Canoo shared a 55-second video showcasing the concept design of the campus that it will start building soon.

    As per the tweet, it is right now in a design phase and remains on track to be up by 2023. It expects the facility to be over 1 million square feet. It plans on beginning production and delivery of its first vehicles by Q4 2022 with the help of a third-party manufacturer.

    “We invested millions of dollars to find the right location for our manufacturing facility. We’re proud to be American-made and to bring more than 2,000 jobs to Oklahoma,” said Tony Aquila, Investor, Chairman & CEO, Canoo, Inc.

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