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General Electric Co. has chosen Colorado as the location for a $600 million solar panel factory, the Denver Post reported Thursday.

The state was among a group of 10 states contending for the facility, which GE announced in April that it planned to build. At the time, GE said the facility would be the biggest photovoltaic panel factory in the entire US.

Colorado development officials said the state beat out New York for the facility.

The plant is to going to be built in Aurora, just outside of Denver, according to one source.

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