Tech and Innovation News from The AJC in Atlanta GA

Across the region, startups and even established companies are trying out steel cargo containers to house their businesses. Nourish + Bloom Market recently opened its fourth location, this one inside a shipping container at Pittsburgh Yards in Atlanta. (Estela Muñoz/AJC)

Why some Atlanta entrepreneurs are embracing shipping container storefronts

Containers offer some benefits. They're modular, durable and, at scale, cheaper and faster to build with than traditional construction, said one real estate executive.

Metro Atlanta company says it’s hiring 1,700 workers to meet AI, tech demands

Insight Global, a large company north of Atlanta, announced Monday it needs more human hands to helm artificial intelligence and technology innovations.

Robots are everywhere in Hyundai’s Georgia plant, but they can’t do everything

For many steps in the process at Hyundai’s sprawling Georgia auto factory, vehicles take shape without a person in sight. But humans are very much there in crucial roles.

Hyundai’s Georgia factory shows the future of auto manufacturing

Georgia data center’s rush to build a pop-up power plant raises concern

DATA SURGE

Georgia’s first data center ‘pop-up’ power plant is breaking rules, groups say

Environmental groups argue a data center in Covington and a 90-megawatt "off-grid" power plant under construction to serve it are violating state and federal pollution laws.

AJC HER+STORY

This exec worked her way up to Truist’s top job in Georgia. Here’s how.

Katie Saez holds Truist’s top job in the Peach State as Georgia regional president, with a corner office inside the Truist Plaza skyscraper in downtown Atlanta.

THE STEERING COLUMN

Are cars getting too big for Atlanta’s parking lots?

For many buyers, SUVs have replaced the compact sedan or minivan because the broad SUV segment meets a wide range of needs and comes in various sizes.

Georgia data centers fill up as soon as they’re built, driving demand higher

Atlanta’s data center market ended March with a vacancy rate of 1%, a staggeringly low figure in commercial development.

DeKalb Commission votes against amendment that would regulate data centers

Changes in the most recent draft include increasing the minimum distance between homes and a data center to 750 feet, from 500 feet.

THE STEERING COLUMN

Reinventing the (steering) wheel

Part square, part circle, not quite oval, the squircle heralds a new design trend for the steering wheel.

A new nonprofit is bringing AI training to Atlanta entrepreneurs

Beyond Code Collective launched an AI training cohort in Atlanta to help entrepreneurs, job seekers & aspiring technologists apply artificial intelligence to real-world goals.