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ABB will invest $120 million to expand production of low voltage electrification products in the United States.
The investment will create 250 new jobs across two facilities in Mississippi and Tennessee.
The company aims to meet the increasing demand for electrification technologies from data centers, buildings, and utilities.

ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) has announced that it will invest $120 million in the United States to expand the production capacity of its low voltage electrification products. The investment will enable ABB to meet increasing demand from customers in a wide range of key growth industries, including data centers, buildings and utilities.

ABB expects will double the size of its existing manufacturing site in Senatobia, creating 200 new jobs. Meanwhile, the company will create 50 new jobs at a new advanced manufacturing facility in Selmer, Tennessee.

ABB is a global engineering company that specializes in automation and electrification. Their technologies help industries become more efficient, sustainable, and productive.

“Demand is increasing steadily for advanced electrification technologies, driven by growth in key sectors including data centers and utilities. Today’s announcement will support our future growth in the US, ABB’s largest global market,” Morten Wierod, ABB’s Chief Executive Officer said in a statement. “Our new facilities in Selmer and Senatobia will keep our US customers at the cutting edge of the energy transition, and help them meet their performance, productivity and energy efficiency goals.”

As part of the commitment, ABB will invest $80 million to build a new, 320,000 sq. ft. facility in Selmer. Replacing the existing ABB Selmer operations is expected to increase production capacity by more than 50 percent.

The new factory will produce essential electrical distribution equipment for large-scale industrial and technology-driven facilities, including data centers, factories and high-rise residential and office spaces where consistent, high-quality power is critical. ABB’s busway and bus plug products help businesses simplify their power distribution, supporting seamless expansion or reconfiguration without the need for extensive rewiring. The new facility, expected to open in Q4 2026, will add 50 new skilled jobs, increasing ABB’s Selmer workforce by more than 25 percent.

ABB also announced it will also invest $40 million to double the footprint of its Senatobia facility to meet increasing demand for advanced low voltage circuit breakers from customers across North America. ABB’s industrial circuit breakers provide the higher power reliability that is essential for data center expansion, advanced manufacturing facilities, and renewable energy microgrids. Expanding production will also support growing demand from customers across North America who are upgrading their aging power infrastructure and expanding their operations. When the new facility opens in Q2 2026, the 200 new jobs will increase the workforce in the Senatobia facility to more than 1,000.

In the past three years, ABB has invested more than $500 million in its US business, including opening a new $100 million manufacturing facility and innovation laboratory for industrial electric drives in New Berlin, Wisconsin in October 2024. A new $40 million ABB factory will open in Albuquerque, New Mexico in April 2025, to manufacture the latest technologies for power grid hardening and resilience.

According to the release, all new ABB sites showcase the latest technologies for sustainable operations, bringing together ABB’s digital and renewable energy solutions to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions.

The revenue of ABB in the US was close to $9 billion in 2024, accounting for roughly 27 percent of the ABB Group total. With approximately 17,000 people across the US, ABB has nearly 40 manufacturing, distribution, and operational facilities across 20 states including nine major research and development centers.

Ross Reily is a writer for the Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network. He can be reached at rreily@gannett.com or 601-573-2952. You can follow him on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter @GreenOkra1.