As World Cup Excitement Peaks, LocalContent.com Opens Nominations for the 2027 Global Local Content Power List

NEW YORK, NY - The World Cup 2026 is filling stadiums across North America, bringing the world together behind the global game of soccer. That same momentum is building behind local content requirements (LCR): the policies that turn major public-private infrastructure projects into local jobs, local contracts, and real community investment. Marking the moment, LocalContent.com today announced that nominations are open for the 2027 Global Local Content Power List, recognizing professionals worldwide who are setting the standard for verified local content impact: supplier inclusion, workforce development, and community benefit investment. Nominations close November 13, 2026.

LCR are reshaping how major projects get funded, approved, and built, across utilities, energy, manufacturing, broadband and data centers, subsea and maritime, ports, and tourism. The rules vary by region, but investors, developers, primes, suppliers, and nonprofits all answer to the same standard: local is local.

North American infrastructure and energy programs now tie funding to local hiring and supplier benchmarks. The Middle East keeps expanding In Country Value rules across oil, gas, and giga projects. Africa's resource and infrastructure deals run on local content laws that decide who gets licensed. Asia Pacific governments are tightening domestic sourcing rules for clean energy and manufacturing. Latin America and the Caribbean are strengthening local employment and procurement mandates across mining, energy, and tourism. Europe's proposed Industrial Accelerator Act points toward new Made in EU sourcing standards. LCR performance increasingly decides who wins the next contract, grant, incentive, permit, or seat at the table.

Deidre Helberg, Local Content Global Ambassador and Founder, President, and CEO of Helberg Power Supply, has spent more than a decade supplying the power industry with transformers, switchgear, generators, and the grid equipment utilities and developers based in the U.S. but working with domestic and international manufacrures. "Our committee is looking forward to evaluating all of these submissions, to elevate the best professionals globally across the supply chain powering the local content ecosystem."

The 2027 List spans ten global regions:

• United States
• Canada
• Mexico
• Caribbean
• Central America
• South America
• Europe
• Middle East
• Africa
• Asia Pacific

Nominations are open now through November 13, 2026, at LocalContent.com/power-list. Honorees will be announced in Q1 2027.

United States Local Content Power List 2026 honorees will be recognized at LocalContent.com's Local Content Most Trusted Companies Summit, taking place September 24 in New York City.

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