Tuesday’s announcement that Eos Energy Enterprises is moving its corporate headquarters to Pittsburgh is a long-awaited victory for the region’s economic development leadership, including Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.

This importance of the Eos move from New Jersey to the North Shore goes well beyond the promised 735 new jobs, 40,000-square-foot office lease and roughly $350 million in investment: It’s a signal to the national and global marketplace that Pittsburgh is a player at the intersection of tech, energy and advanced manufacturing.

Eos produces ultra-high-capacity batteries — the kind of power storage needed for contemporary applications such as data centers — use the element zinc, which is available in much greater abundance than the ra

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