Eaton To Invest $50M+ in Virginia Manufacturing Campus, Adding 200 Jobs To Support Data Center Power Solutions

Benzinga · 2d ago

Eaton invests $50M+ in new Virginia facility to advance grid-to-chip AI data center solutions

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  • Hiring for an expected additional 200 local jobs to begin in 2026 at new and existing Eaton Richmond sites, growing the company's operations in Virginia

Intelligent power management company Eaton today announced it will open a new manufacturing campus in Henrico County, Virginia, for critical power distribution technologies to help meet record demand from data center customers. With more than 50 new data centers already permitted in Virginia this year, Eaton is increasing regional manufacturing for technologies vital to data center equipment uptime and reliability.

Eaton to open new manufacturing facility in Virginia for critical power distribution technologies vital to data center equipment uptime and reliability. Image credit: ARCO Design/Build and Sauer Properties.

The company will more than double its footprint in Richmond, increase capacity and add capabilities for manufacturing static transfer switches, power distribution units and remote power panels. Production at Eaton's new 350,000-square-foot Richmond area facility is expected to begin in 2027.