I think we can assume that Jeff Bezos saw how Elon Musk played the game in 2014 to find a location for Tesla's GigaFactory.[1][2][3] The upcoming stories for A

I think we can assume that Jeff Bezos saw how Elon Musk played the game in 2014 to find a location for Tesla's GigaFactory.[1][2][3] The upcoming stories for Amazon's high-profile decision will probably play out in a similar way. However, the particular candidate cities probably won't be the same since Elon was building a site for factory workers whereas Jeff is building a campus for more software developers. Therefore, a location like Austin with U.Texas compsci students to recruit is more important for Amazon HQ2 than a Gigafactory. The desire to attract tech employers like Amazon appears to be more competitive than winning the bid to host the Olympic Games. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/how-elon-musk-ingeniously-manipulated-7-states-into-competing-for-teslas-gigafactory-2014-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/how-elon-musk-ingeniously-man... [2] https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2014/02/27/the-high-stakes-race-by-southwest-states-for-teslas-5-billion-gigafactory/#1adf2ed44eeb https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelinemaynard/2014/02/27/the... [3] google results of similar stories: https://www.google.com/search?q=tesla+bidding+nevada+texas https://www.google.com/search?q=tesla+bidding+nevada+texas