Siemens Energy has announced plans to invest $1 billion in its U.S. manufacturing operations. Expansion at the firm’s plant in Fort Payne is included in the massive project.
Siemens says the entire project will support rapidly increasing demand for power in the U.S. as energy-hungry data centers and AI projects grow around the country.
The Fort Payne plant produces copper and insulation electrical components for generators, Siemens says. It expects to add 120 jobs at the plant — part of the 1,500 new jobs anticipated in the overall package.
The $1 billion package includes a new high voltage facility to be built in central Mississippi. Expansions are also planned in North Carolina, Florida and New York.
“Siemens Energy’s history in the United States dates to the 1880s, when the company began early electrification activities and opened its first U.S. manufacturing site in Pittsburgh in 1887,” the company said in announcing the project. The date comes from the opening of Westinghouse, which was acquired by Siemens AG in 1997. “Siemens Energy was spun off to become a separately listed energy technology company from Siemens AG in 2020 and now operates as fully independent.”
Siemens says that “25% of U.S. power generation relies on Siemens Energy technologies.”
The announcement won praise from the Trump administration for “bringing major manufacturing back to America.”
