Japan’s Hitachi to Invest $1 Billion to Boost US Power Grid Manufacturing

The planned new facility will be the largest manufacturing site for large power transformers in the United States, Hitachi noted.
Japan’s Hitachi to Invest $1 Billion to Boost US Power Grid Manufacturing
A Hitachi logo at an exhibition in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2013. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP via Getty Images
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Hitachi Energy announced on Sept. 4 that it would invest $1 billion to expand its U.S. manufacturing capabilities to better meet growing energy demand from the country’s burgeoning data center industry.

Tokyo-based Hitachi said it will invest $457 million to build a state-of-the-art, large power transformer manufacturing facility in South Boston, Virginia, as well as expand production capabilities at existing facilities throughout the eastern United States.

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