Shortly after each other, two plans for "AI factories" came in late June: one in Groningen and a "gigafactory" around Rotterdam. What do these plans entail? And how realistic are they? Eight questions and answers about these AI data centers....
In one week, both the CO2 tax and the customization agreements for industry came under threat. What does it mean for the future of industry in the Netherlands that even the two most well thought out plans from The Hague turn out not to work?....
The Netherlands has the largest chip industry in Europe. That industry will grow very rapidly in the coming years. The Netherlands faces a choice: will it make room for this growth, or will it let the sector wither away?
Did housing construction really stand still under the short Schoof administration, as the opposition claims? Jurgen Tiekstra looked beyond the political theater and delved into the numbers....
Calls are growing for a National Investment Bank. With it, 100 billion euros could be invested in the Dutch economy. But the Netherlands already abounds in solid banks; what is missing are dúrfinvesteringen....
Companies everywhere are whining about regulatory burden. Whether it's the City of Amsterdam, the Dutch government or the European Parliament, everywhere bureaucrats are said to get in the way of entrepreneurs. But is the regulatory burden really that high?....