Hitachi Energy breaks ground on US transformer factory expansion to boost grid capacity

Hitachi Energy has broken ground on a major expansion of its South Boston, Virginia, campus that will become the largest power transformer factory in the US – one of the most in-demand pieces of equipment for the country’s aging, overloaded electric grid.

First covered Jun 29, 2026 · 1:35 PM PT · 1 article

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3d Electrek The US’s largest transformer factory is coming for the AI power boom — Hitachi Energy has broken ground on a major expansion of its South Boston, Virginia, campus that will become the largest power transformer factory in the US –…

Appeared in: 2026-06-30 (#5)

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