Eastern Idaho Technology Corridor

A Growth Medium for Technology-Based Enterprise

Flanking Interstate I-15 from Pocatello north to Rexburg, the Eastern Idaho Technology Corridor constitutes a unique collection of assets providing a rich environment for technology-based companies.

Eastern Idaho is gaining national recognition as home to a growing number of companies whose products and services are based on the development or application of technology in a wide array of industries ranging from the improvement of agricultural practices to software and systems development.

Areas of expertise that are particularly prevalent in the area include:

• Information security
• Subsurface technology
• Environmental remediation
• Integrated circuit design and manufacture
• Radiation sciences
• Particle acceleration

The area is served by four universities and is home to several large "anchor" technology firms, as well as the U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, the Argonne National Laboratory, the Idaho Accelerator Center, and the Inland Northwest Research Alliance, a research cooperative between eight northwestern U.S. universities.

Cooperative Support for Technology-Based Companies

The region's major educational and governmental institutions, economic development authorities and many of the area's major employers provide official, ongoing support for the development of the Eastern Idaho Technology Corridor.

A working plan for near-term development of the technology corridor is available to interested parties from the offices of the Eastern Idaho Economic Development Council.

Eastern Idaho IT Network Recognized as Top National Entrepreneurial Network

The Eastern Idaho Forum for Information Technology (EIFIT) has been recognized by the Washington, DC-based National Commission on Entrepreneurship (NCOE) in Building Entrepreneurial Networks, a major report on how and why networks of entrepreneurs nurture economic growth in communities across the country. The NCOE’s full report is available online at the National Council on Entrepreneurship’s web site.

The Eastern Idaho Forum for Information Technology eifit is a nonprofit association of IT professionals dedicated to furthering the state of information technology in Eastern Idaho. Eifit acts as the region's "voice of technology" for issues such as the development of bandwidth availability and training resources. In addition to maintaining an inventory of the region's IT and technical assets, eifit effectively networks those assets, contributing to a robust technical environment in Eastern Idaho.