In the following breakdown by city, annual costs are based on the major geographically-variable operating costs that are most critical to siting decisions, and are scaled to a representative information assurance center employing 75 workers and occupying 125,000 sq. ft. of newly-constructed space.

InformationWeek Staff, Contributor

October 20, 2006

2 Min Read

TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATING
COST RANKINGS

Information Assurance
Center Location

New York, NY

San Francisco, CA

Oakland, CA

Boston, MA

Detroit, MI

Chicago, IL

Philadelphia, PA

Cherry Hill, NJ

Minneapolis, MN

Buffalo, NY

Seattle, WA

Providence, RI

Cleveland, OH

Milwaukee, WI

Champaign/Urbana, IL

Wilmington, DE

Denton, TX

Cincinnati, OH

Albuquerque, NM

Memphis, TN

Colorado Springs, CO

Atlanta, GA

Pittsburgh, PA

Omaha, NE

Salt Lake City, UT

Columbus, OH

Des Moines, IA

Tulsa, OK

Indianapolis, IN

Charlotte, NC

Ames, IA

Birmingham, AL

San Antonio, TX

Winston-Salem, NC

Sioux Falls, SD

Data: The Boyd Co.

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