Siemens Energy to Invest $1 Billion in US Energy Sector, Manufacturing

Munich-based Siemens Energy has announced plans to invest a total of $1 billion in U.S. production for grid and gas turbine equipment as well as creating more than 1,500 skilled jobs.

In a Feb. 3 statement, the company also touted its expansion blueprint for facilities in North Carolina, Alabama, New York, Texas, and Florida, as well as a new switchgear plant in Mississippi.

Citing America’s continuing demand for power for data centers, artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, and industrial electrification, the global energy and technology firm plans to meet this growth by substantially increasing power generation throughout the country.

“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,” Christian Bruch, Siemens Energy CEO and president said in the announcement.

“The Trump Administration has made energy security, a reliable and resilient grid, and growing U.S. manufacturing jobs a priority. We are excited to help write this next chapter of American energy expansion.”

Among the new jobs to be created will be skilled positions for manufacturing, operations, and engineering. In addition, Siemens has committed to expanding its apprenticeship program and offer training throughout the industry.

The plans will also include brownfield expansions, growing transformer production and servicing, as well as upgrading the manufacture of gas turbines.

The new switchgear plant slated for Mississippi will be located in the greater Richland region and will involve the construction of a new high-voltage facility for building grid components. Plans call for hiring up to 300 employees as well as establishing a training center for the future workforce.

Three areas in North Carolina are also targeted areas for expansions, with increases in transformer and gas turbine manufacturing and servicing slated for Charlotte, and gas turbine part production for Winston-Salem. The Raleigh location will handle expanding grid technology as well as engineering, research, and sales. A total of 500 jobs are expected to be added in these locations.

With its U.S. headquarters in Orlando, Siemens will expand the facility there as well as in Tampa, Florida. Orlando’s Innovation Center will be upgraded with an AI digital grid technologies laboratory, while the Tampa plant will manufacture additional essential parts for gas turbines.

The company’s Fort Payne, Alabama, facility will expand production of copper and insulation needed for generators. Its Painted Post, New York, and Houston, Texas, plants will be upgraded to deliver additional service compression equipment needed to move gas and liquids through pipelines.

“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,” Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior and White House National Energy Dominance Chair, said in the statement.

“We appreciate great partners like Siemens Energy, who proactively partner with the Trump administration for the benefit of the American people, prioritizing critical components to make the United States Energy Dominant.”

Founded in 1847 in Berlin, Siemens opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Pittsburgh in 1887. In 2020, Siemens Energy became a separately listed energy technology firm.

Today, the company operates 25 facilities across America, employing more than 12,000 people. Its annual orders with nearly 5,000 U.S. suppliers total almost $1.52 billion.