Power Electronics Breaks Ground on Massive U.S. Manufacturing Campus

Spanish energy technology group Power Electronics has broken ground on a major new manufacturing campus in Houston, Texas, marking one of the company’s biggest industrial moves in the United States.

The new site will span more than 53 acres and bring manufacturing, logistics, electronics production, research and development, training and corporate functions together on a single campus. Once fully operational, Power Electronics says the facility will be capable of producing up to 40 GW annually and will create more than 400 jobs in the Houston area.

An 850,000-square-foot industrial campus

The project will consist of two major buildings covering approximately 850,000 square feet in total. A roughly 150,000-square-foot building will support functions including electronics manufacturing, R&D and corporate operations, while a much larger 700,000-square-foot building will house production and logistics.

Power Electronics plans to make the Houston campus its most automated inverter production site to date, using advanced manufacturing technologies designed to increase efficiency, quality, scalability and reliability.

Texas becomes a manufacturing base for U.S. growth

The investment comes as electricity demand in the United States is being reshaped by several fast-growing sectors at once. Utility-scale solar, battery storage, electrification and the rapid buildout of data centers are increasing demand for power conversion equipment and putting greater pressure on domestic energy infrastructure and supply chains.

For Power Electronics, manufacturing closer to American customers provides more than additional capacity. It gives the Spanish company a larger domestic production base in one of the world’s most important energy markets while reducing the distance between manufacturing, engineering and end customers.

More than a decade of U.S. expansion

Power Electronics has operated in the United States for more than a decade and says it has more than 116 GW installed across the country. The Houston campus significantly deepens that presence by adding large-scale local manufacturing alongside the company’s existing commercial, engineering and service capabilities.

Once the new facility is added to its manufacturing network, Power Electronics expects its combined production capacity across the United States and Europe to reach as much as 105 GW annually.

Energy infrastructure meets the AI buildout

The data-center angle makes the investment particularly notable. The expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is creating enormous new electricity requirements across the United States, increasing demand not only for generation but also for the equipment needed to convert, manage and distribute that power.

Power Electronics sits directly inside that infrastructure layer. Its technology serves solar generation, battery energy storage, data centers, e-mobility and industrial applications, giving the company exposure to several of the largest U.S. infrastructure investment themes simultaneously.

Why it matters for European companies scaling in America

Power Electronics’ Houston investment illustrates a broader shift in how established European industrial companies approach the U.S. market. Selling into America can be the first step, but companies serving critical infrastructure increasingly have reasons to manufacture there as well.

Local production can shorten supply chains, bring companies closer to customers and position them inside the enormous capital spending cycle surrounding U.S. energy, manufacturing and digital infrastructure.

For Power Electronics, the 53-acre Houston campus turns a long-standing U.S. commercial presence into a much deeper industrial commitment. More than 400 planned jobs, up to 40 GW of annual capacity and 850,000 square feet of facilities make this much more than another overseas office opening: it is a significant piece of the company’s global manufacturing strategy.