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Amazon-Backed Clean Energy Startup To Open Major Factory In Mass.
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Electric Hydrogen signed a 187K SF lease at 33 Jackson Road in Devens.

“A Natick-based cleantech company has signed a 187K SF lease to open a new factory at King Street Properties' campus in Devens, the second major clean energy company to come to the area.
Electric Hydrogen, a company specializing in green hydrogen, signed a deal for what it calls the largest electrolyzer factory in the world at 33 Jackson Road.”

https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/industrial/electric-hydrogen-118813
 
jklo said:
True... it's probably a VC scam.
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I hate to be a pessimist but when the Amazon name is attached to the project you can't help but be skeptical. But before I totally write it off I did a quick search and it appears Massachusetts has been putting in the effort to keep the long closed base at the forefront in terms of development. Devens project sheet PDF and a Globe paywall article. Also I'm surprised to see a portion of the base was re-opened for weapons training. I lived next door in Harvard in 80s (worked at Moore Lumber for a summer) and knew the base was an economic engine for the area so to see the continued effort to keep it producing some economic activity is a good thing. One cloud that hurt Devens reputation was the solar panel factory that went out of business in 2008 after opening with 50 million in tax breaks which put the base in a bad light. I think that was a political attack story more than anything else but it was a big news story. I'm glad to see the base is still growing.
 
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www.bostonglobe.com

Land abounds at former Army base in Devens — but turning it over for housing has been a conundrum - The Boston Globe

Town leaders, the Devens community, and the Healey administration are reconvening Tuesday to focus on a roughly 90-acre section of the complex. They're up against a tight deadline.
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For years, the three towns around Devens have faced a conundrum over how to unlock the valuable land at the former Army base so much-needed housing can be built.

Now, leaders from Shirley, Harvard, and Ayer, along with the Devens community and the Healey administration, are getting closer to a solution. They are convening to discuss the issue again on Tuesday in a working group focused on a roughly 90-acre section known as the Innovation and Technology Center district — an area that includes the shuttered Vicksburg Square barracks complex.

They’re up against a tight deadline: The Legislature in November passed an economic development bill that included language creating this working group and mandating a report back within six months. State lawmakers cleared one barrier to more housing at Devens, by using that bill to remove a strict housing cap for the entire former base. Neil Angus, director of the Devens Enterprise Commission, estimates that change alone opens up about 80 acres at Devens currently zoned for housing but left empty because of the former cap.

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The legislative directive specifically mentions an agreement for 400 housing units across the 90 acres, but the working group isn’t expected to limit its discussions to that. Among the big questions that the group will need to confront is how best to educate kids who live in this new housing, said state Representative Jamie Eldridge, a Democrat who represents Ayer and Harvard. (Devens kids currently go to Harvard’s schools, via a contract with MassDevelopment.) Other questions will surface around what portion of the new units should be deemed affordable, Eldridge said, and the right mix of rental apartments versus condos.
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