viNGN CEO: 'St. Croix Will Be Silicon Valley Of The Caribbean'

ST. CROIX -- Imagine this island being the hub for the world's major technology firms -- Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Uber, and Apple, just to name a few. Ponder for a second the impact of these businesses establishing data centers and other ventures indelible to their global operations right here. Now, think of the jobs that would be created, the resources these companies would pour into the local economy and the opportunities instantly made available for a new generation of IT graduates. You would have just birthed, in your mind, the Silicon Valley of the Caribbean, according to Dr. Tonjia Coverdale, the new CEO of viNGN, who confirmed to The Consortium that they've been in talks with the major U.S. tech firms to setup shop right here, armed with some of the fastest fiber optic speeds in the U.S., and Economic Development Authority (EDA) benefits attractive to companies looking to avoid high taxes. viNGN boasts some of the fastest fiber optic broadband speeds in America thr...