POLITICO Why Silicon Valley could become tomorrow's Detroit The San Francisco Bay Area's tech business models and government relationships will face challenges from all sides in 2021. The YourCoast app is displayed on a smartphone Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, in San Francisco. | Eric Risberg/AP Link Copied Welcome to POLITICO’s Global Tech Spotlight — an extension of the Global Translations newsletter. Each week we track major issues facing the globe. Sign up here. Dozens of tech hubs around the world have dreamed of nipping at Silicon Valley’s heels, but in 2020 those dreams are starting to look like reality. Thanks to Covid-19, “the spreading out of tech is having a 10-year acceleration,” says Rana Sarkar, Canada’s consul general for San Francisco and Silicon Valley.