A location with good transportation, highways, rail, air, a port, will be preferred over ones without any, or relatively poorer.
Mass transit could be a factor for some, it is a bit here anyway, a lot of development is happening near the subway stations. Google and MS have new campuses or buildings near a station, the MS campus is planned, not yet extant. We live about 0.8 miles from either of two stations, in good weather we walk there with luggage to get to the airport.
I'd say highways and rail are highly desirable for any manufacturing facility, obviously.