Richardson is a city in Collin and Dallas Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2007 estimate, the population had grown to 101,400. Richardson is a part of Dallas' Silicon Prairie, and is home to the Telecom Corridor, which is a very large technology business center that includes offices for 5,700 companies, including 600 technology companies, such as Nortel, Ericsson, Tellabs, Texas Instruments, Altera, Alcatel-Lucent, and AT&T.

The new Blue Cross Blue Shield development, the largest DFW office campus development since 1987, is a 15 story, 1,000,000 square foot regional headquarters, employin 2,700. Credit Solutions has moved into a 282,000 square foot building in Galatyn Park. Some other major corporate expansions or relocations include MetroPCS, Yahoo, Huawei Technologies and Halff Associates, Inc.. Data centers continue to be a redevelopment interest in Richardson as well.