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      "text": "This year, technological and innovation capabilities (18 percent) soar to the top of the list of most important overall factors to survey respondents in determining where they make their foreign direct investment. Efficiency of legal and regulatory processes and ease of moving capital into and out of the market tie for the second most important factor (14 percent), and domestic economic performance follows (13 percent) (see figure 9 on page 16). Last year, efficiency of legal and regulatory process and domestic economic performance tied (16 percent) for the most important factor for investors when choosing where to make their foreign direct investment, with technological and innovation capabilities following at 15 percent. Given the massive gains in AI technology and development over the past few years, investors clearly see value and growth opportunity in the field. This is evidenced by recent UNCTAD data indicating that data centers, which are crucial for training and running AI models, have become major recipients of global investment. Indeed, foreign direct investment in the sector exceeded an estimated $270 billion in 2025, with data centers accounting for more than one-fifth of global greenfield project values. Taken together, this suggests that innovation ecosystems are increasingly serving as anchors of long-term investment attractiveness.",
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