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numerous Fortune 1000 companies open operations within the city limits. Due to the large military, financial, telecommunication, and healthcare industries, the San Antonio area has an expansive fiber network consisting of over 10,000 fiber sheath miles and over 700,000 fiber strand miles. Interstate 35, which runs parallel to the state’s main fiber optic lines, intersects Schertz and affords many of the businesses in the industrial parks to utilize these fiber capabilities. AT&T and Verizon, who are the city’s primary fiber optic providers, are able to customize redundancy and scalability solutions for their end users. Some Fortune 500 companies have already seized Schertz’ comparative advantage and opened data centers and other operations dependent on expansive fiber capabilities and economically competitive utility rates. Companies choosing Schertz are able to meet their data and power needs because of the fiber and power providers’ ability to offer unique redundancies for critical operational capacities. As more companies learn about the city and its advantages, Schertz is confident the city and its economic development partners can accommodate the growth well into the future. The city’s three industrial parks, which comprise more than 600 acres at full capacity, continue to attract new investment. CPS Energy, which has over 670,000 electric customers, is the primary electricity provider to the city’s industrial parks and is competitive when compared to other utilities across the state and nation. It has a total generation capacity of 5,510 megawatts from a variety of sources and maintains a reserve generation capacity in excess of 18%. It also offers an economic incentive rider applicable to companies that bring, or add, at least 10MW of new electric load to Schertz. Fortune 1000 companies such as Valero, Verizon, Tesoro, Sprint, and PSS World Medical have operations within the city, and smaller, innovative firms such as VRTX Technologies, Cal-Tex and ITM chose Schertz as headquarters for their operations. The steadied expansion of its industrial economic base has brought primary employers whose goods and services serve national and international markets. Schertz has quality utilities and services with property taxes that are 40% lower than in San Antonio. Immediate access to two major thoroughfares, rail lines and close international airport access provide excellent transportation options for the movement of goods and services. In 2007, Schertz received two More power to you. Microsoft loved our energetic attitude. Having the lowest cost power utility in Texas–municipally owned, with 18% reserve–makes San Antonio powerfully attractive to even the biggest data center operations. Of course, if clean power, extraordinary capacity and reliable delivery aren’t the only advantages your company’s after, it’s no problem. With our pro-business city government and productive labor force of 925,000+, you’ll ﬁnd plenty of other dynamic reasons to locate here. San Antonio Economic Development Foundation P.O. Box 1628 • San Antonio, TX 78296 Visit www.sanantonioedf.com or ask for a free DVD. E-mail edf @ sanantonioedf.com. Toll-free: 1-800-552-3333 • Local: 210-226-1394 • FAX: 210-223-3386 ©2008 SA Economic Development Foundation #3707 at www.BusinessFacilities.com 44 A S P E C I A L A D V E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S http://www.sanantonioedf.com http://www.sanantonioedf.com http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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