Is Louisville an emerging tech hub?

 

Louisville has been working for many years to transform itself into a regional tech hub, creating infrastructure to support technology companies and building programs to cultivate the region’s tech talent pipeline. Local leaders stepped on the gas pedal in 2019, ramping up efforts to create a skilled workforce that attracts companies to the area.

Calling Louisville an “emerging tech city,” Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI), the Metro Chamber of Commerce, proclaimed 2019 the “Year of Tech.” It was a fitting title. Soon after, the technology heavyweights came calling.

Microsoft announced it had chosen Louisville to become a Microsoft regional hub for artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and data science.

Louisville will serve as an urban laboratory, and the city government will work with education, workforce and business partners to strengthen and diversify the city’s core industries, including health care and manufacturing, which face the risk of automation from AI technology's progression. In part, the AI Innovation Digital Alliance with Microsoft will help companies in vulnerable industries reskill and upskill their workforce to meet the changing demands of the 21st-century economy. 

The fellows will work with non-profit, education, start-up, and workforce development organizations, and with area businesses to provide training and support aligned with initiatives focused on AI, IoT and data science.

The city’s plan to grow tech jobs and create a sustainable future-focused tech economy has embraced that spirit of collaboration. The strategy is simple: Get everyone involved in tech training, from public schools to universities, employers, the city government, local foundations and non-profits, and more.

The Louisville region has seen the fastest growth in information technology jobs since 2010, with a significant number of workers in computer design, insurance carrier, and management industries. The report predicts a 13% growth in tech jobs over the next decade, almost triple the rate of growth for other occupations. Software developer jobs are expected to see the biggest increase, followed by network and computer systems administrators, computer user support specialists, and web developers.

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