Eaton to build USD $242m Arkansas plant, add 1,200 jobs

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    "title": "Eaton to build USD $242m Arkansas plant, add 1,200 jobs - DataCentreNews UK",
    "excerpt": "Eaton will invest more than USD $242 million in a new manufacturing facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas, a project expected to create more than 1,200 jobs. The one million-square-foot plant will expand US production of customised modular electrical enclosures through Eaton's Fibrebond business. The company said the project will double domestic manufacturing capacity for those products. The investment comes as suppliers to data centres and other electricity-intensive industries increase output in response to rising demand for electrical infrastructure. The new plant will also serve utility, industrial and digital communications markets. Fibrebond has been a focus for expansion since Eaton acquired the business in April 2025. The Arkansas project is part of a broader effort to increase US capacity for equipment used in data centre development. The North Little Rock facility also expands Eaton's manufacturing base beyond Minden, Louisiana, where Fibrebond has operated for more than 40 years. Eaton said production capacity in Minden has doubled over the past three years and that investment there is continuing. Capacity push Modular electrical enclosures house electrical equipment in prefabricated units, allowing parts of power systems to be assembled off-site before installation. Their use has grown alongside larger, faster data centre construction programmes, as operators...",
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