Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a middle-sized city, located just east of the geographic center of the state of Colorado in the United States. It has a population of 360,890 (according to the 2000 census) and is the second largest city in Colorado. At elevation 6,035 feet, it is situated near the base of one of the most famous American peaks, Pikes Peak, on the east side of the Rocky Mountains. The capital of Colorado, Denver, is 68 miles to the north. The city is the county seat of El Paso County{{GR|1}}.

Industry

• United States Air Force Academy - Air Force
• Cheyenne Mountain Air Station - Air Force: a major military center, home of NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), it is housed in Cheyenne Mountain, south of Pikes Peak.
• Peterson Air Force Base - Air Force
• Schriever Air Force Base - Air Force
• Fort Carson - Army
• MCI - Telecommunications - has a fairly large engineering presence
• HP - Computing - large sales, support. and SAN storage engineering center. The location was built by Digital Equipment Corporation, renamed Compaq in the 1998 acquisition of Digital, and finally renamed HP after the 2002 merger.
• SNIA - Computing - home of the SNIA Technology Center
• Agilent - Tech manufacturing - HP operated a large facility in the area that was later renamed Agilent in the spinoff.
• Intel - Chip fabrication - bought a fabrication plant from Rockwell International in 2000 and now run as Fab 23 making flash memory chips. Intel had plans for building a second location, but abandoned the idea due to the falling economy in 2001.