Colorado Manufacturing Investment Atlas
Statewide Industrial Intelligence · 2026 + Forward Projection

Colorado Manufacturing Investment Atlas

Total Capex
Sum of all announced capital investment across the projects currently in view, broken into segments by sector — e.g. Semiconductor, Aerospace & Defense. Hover any segment to see its share and dollar amount.
$37.2B
capital committed, by sector
Aerospace 29%
Energy 26%
AI 18%
Public Infrastructure 10%
Announced Jobs
Total jobs companies have publicly projected across all projects in view. These are announced positions expected at full build-out — not current open vacancies or hired headcount. Each waffle square represents roughly the number of jobs shown below it.
54,839+
projected at full build-out
1 sq ≈ 1,371 jobs
Projects
Each dot is one tracked project in the current filter view, colored by its stage — from operational (lightest) through announced and speculative (darker). The legend below lists the count at each stage; hover any dot for its exact status.
64
of 64 · in current view, by status
Operational 36
Under Construction 14
Financed 2
Site Selected 4
Announced 5
Speculative 3
Avg Confidence
Average intent score (0–1) of projects in view, weighted by funding source strength, project maturity, and convergent economic signals. The meter shows the score position on the 0–1 scale; the bar below segments the pipeline by confidence bucket — Confirmed Build, Financed Pipeline, Site Selection Active, Early Signals, Emerging Cluster.
0.73
0–1 intent score · pipeline mix
Financed 63%
Confirmed 23%
Early 6%
Site 5%
Statewide Map
Pan, zoom, and decompose by region
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Intent bucket:
Confirmed Build(15)
Financed Pipeline(40)
Site Selection Active(3)
Early Signals(4)
Emerging Cluster(2)
Geographic Equity
Regional Coverage
Front Range18 projects · $21.5B
Pikes Peak6 projects · $2.6B
Northern Colorado8 projects · $3.0B
Southern Colorado7 projects · $4.4B
Western Slope6 projects · $607M
Eastern Plains7 projects · $3.2B
San Luis Valley4 projects · $478M
Mountain Corridor4 projects · $1.1B
Four Corners4 projects · $287M

⚠ flags regions with under 3 projects in the current view — likely data gaps in non-Front Range areas.

Intent Model
Investment Pipeline by Confidence
Confirmed Build15
Financed Pipeline40
Site Selection Active3
Early Signals4
Emerging Cluster2
How the score is computed
score = 0.35 * source_strength
      + 0.25 * funding_status
      + 0.20 * signal_convergence
      + 0.20 * maturity

confirmed_build       >= 0.80
financed_pipeline     >= 0.65
site_selection_active >= 0.50
early_signals         >= 0.30
emerging_cluster      < 0.30
Project Registry
64 projects in current view