Amazon’s HQ2 hunt delivers a huge package — of data


As 238 entrants vied to land Amazon.com’s so-called HQ2, they divulged their dreams and plans for developing their cities and regions — a treasure trove of data for a retailing behemoth that envisions still greater growth.

The bids helped Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) build a database “chock full of granular details about the economic development prospects of every major metropolitan area in the United States (and some in Canada),” Axios reports. That will come in handy as Amazon looks to add data…

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