Siemens Energy to invest $1 billion in USA power expansion

HOUSTON, February 3, 2026 – Siemens Energy is investing USD 1 billion to scale up manufacturing and create more than 1,500 skilled jobs across the USA, the company said on Tuesday.

The expansion includes site upgrades in North Carolina, Alabama, Florida, New York and Texas, and the construction of a new switchgear facility in Mississippi. The move follows surging US power demand driven by industrial electrification and AI infrastructure. Siemens Energy will boost production of gas turbines, transformers and grid equipment, and will expand training and apprenticeship programmes.

In Mississippi, a new facility in the Greater Richland Area will produce high-voltage switchgear and include a training centre, creating up to 300 jobs. In North Carolina, the company will add 500 roles across Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Raleigh to resume gas turbine manufacturing and expand transformer production, engineering and R&D.

The Tampa site will increase output of gas turbine components, while Orlando will house an AI-powered digital grid lab and the company’s relocated headquarters. In Alabama, 120 new roles will support expansion of copper and insulation component manufacturing. Upgrades to compression equipment plants are planned in New York and Texas.

“This tremendous investment in a critical part of our power grid supply chain underscores President Trump’s success in expanding supply chain access and bringing major manufacturing back to America,” US Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said.

Munich-headquartered Siemens Energy employs over 12,000 people in the USA and operates 25 sites, including eight manufacturing facilities. Around 25% of the country’s power generation relies on its technology.

“Siemens Energy has been making things in the United States for more than a century and we are experiencing a once-in-a-generation growth opportunity due to the resurgence of U.S. manufacturing and the growth of artificial intelligence,” Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch said.

Photo of Christian Bruch courtesy of Siemens Energy

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