The ABB international electrification firm will spend $ 80 million to build a spare plant in Selmer, Tenn. And $ 40 million to expand their existing installation in Senathobia, Miss.
ABB, which is headquartered in the United States in Cary, NC, said in a March 3 announcement that these two projects carry out their total investment in the United States to more than $ 500 million for the last three years. In both Tennessee and Mississippi, ABB will invest in the production of low voltage electrification products to support the increasing demand of customers in various industries, including data centers, buildings and public services.
In Selmer, southwest of Tennessee, ABB will build a plant of $ 320 billion, 320,000 square meters to replace existing facilities. The investment aims to increase the production capacity by more than 50% for electricity distribution equipment essential for large -scale technology and industrial -based facilities, such as data centers, factories, residential spaces and high offices, where the consistent power is critical, according to the firm. It is planned to open the installation in the last quarter of 2026.
“Demand is constantly increasing for advanced electrification technologies, driven by the growth of key sectors, including data centers and public services,” says ABB’s CEO, Morten Wierod.
At the firm’s Mississippi installation, an investment of $ 40 million will double the footprint of its low voltage circuit dismissors manufacturing installation. In the second quarter of 2026, the plant will help ABB meet the demand for products that are expanding with data centers, advanced manufacturing centers and renewable energy microgids.
The two floors are investing in ABB in their US operations to more than $ 500 million, and the firm opened a $ 100 million manufacturing facility in Wisconsin in October 2024, and a $ 40 million factory in New Mexico will open next month.
Its North -Americans in 2024 were close to $ 9 billion, according to ABB, according to approximately 27% of their total total of almost 40 facilities of manufacture, distribution and operation of 20 states. About 80% of the firm in the United States are manufactured nationally and since 2010, the firm has said that it has invested more than $ 14 billion in capacity expansion projects in the United States.
