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CEL Critical Power expands in the US by
CEL Critical Power, an Ireland-headquartered provider of switchgear and US manufacturing facility in Williamsburg, Virginia
The new 400,000-sq-ft assembly plant, operational since June, represents a capital commitment of $40 million. Marking a major milestone in CEL Critical Power’s international manufacturing capacity on US soil and reinforces the company’s commitment to serving strategic customers in the world’s largest and fastest- growing AI and Cloud infrastructure market, the United States.
The expansion will create over 250 skilled jobs within the next 12 months, increasing to 500 by 2030 across R&D and engineering, manufacturing, quality, testing, logistics and site services. The expansion in the US forms part of CEL Critical Power’s global growth strategy to achieve $500 million in annual revenue by 2030, supported by its expanding manufacturing base in Ireland. The new facility in Virginia brings the company’s overall production capacity to more than 500,000 sq ft worldwide to meet long-term program demand from leading data centre customers. A cornerstone of CEL Critical Power’s US expansion is its collaboration with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) and its registration with the US Department of Defense Skillbridge program, in partnership with Naval Station Norfolk and regional alliances. This initiative provides highly skilled active-duty service members and US military veterans with opportunities to gain valuable civilian work experience and build lasting careers at CEL Critical Power. CEL Critical Power’s hallmark engineering agility and manufacturing expertise enable the company to design, develop, and deploy PDUs, Remote Power Panels (RPPs), and switchgear systems to the highest standards of quality with market-leading cycle times.
for-manufacture philosophy, CEL Critical Power partners closely with customers from concept through to delivery, ensuring program certainty and operational reliability for the evolving demands of AI compute workloads. Niall McFadden, Group CEO of CEL
manufacturing facility in the US is an important step for our ambitious growth strategy in CEL Critical Power. We have listened closely to our
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customers and understand their need for quality partners, who can scale with them in the US. This strategic expansion represents a major capital commitment of $40 million for CEL Critical Power and demonstrates our long-term commitment to supporting those customers in their largest and fastest-growing market, the United States.
“The new facility in Virginia brings our overall production capacity to more than 500,000 sq ft worldwide, enabling CEL Critical Power to meet long-term program demand from leading data centre customers.
“Thanks to the support of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP), and partnering with the Department of Defense SkillBridge program and Naval Station Norfolk, CEL Critical Power plans to create up to 500 highly skilled jobs in Virginia by 2030. We look forward to many years of continued growth and development in Virginia at an exceptionally exciting time in the Data Centre industry.”
CEL Critical Power, said: “As a designer and manufacturer of custom power solutions for the global data centre industry, CEL Critical Power is expanding manufacturing capacity to meet
growing demand from customers investing in AI and cloud infrastructure.” “With our design-for-manufacture philosophy,
technical, commercial and schedule requirements of our customers, allowing us to design custom power solutions, which we have the capacity to deploy at scale. Our solutions are futureproofed to facilitate the emerging Neo-Cloud sector and to protect the compute workloads of next generation AI technology being developed by companies such as Nvidia.” Graham Carr, VP of Sales, North America,
CEL Critical Power, said: “CEL Critical Power is proud to invest in Virginia, partnering with VEDP, the DoD SkillBridge program, and Naval Station Norfolk to create meaningful career pathways for military veterans, while strengthening the local economy and contributing to the Commonwealth’s thriving technology sector. Virginia consistently ranks among the top locations for business in the USA, offering a great supply chain ecosystem, excellent infrastructure, and a large pool of technical talent.”
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