St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Feb. 10) -- Ameren opened an innovation center Tuesday at Illinois' Research Park. Also: News-Gazette (Feb. 10), St. Louis Business Journal (Feb. 11), Daily Illini (Feb. 11), Smartmeters.com (Feb. 11).
Related story: Alton Daily News (Alton, Ill., Feb. 20) -- Caterpillar opened its first data innovation lab in the U. of I. Research Park in Champaign. The lab brings together resources for the company’s research and development efforts, including engineering, computer science, operations research and statistics, to produce development through data analysis.