POOLER, GA. — Mitsubishi Power Americas has announced it will invest $490 million to expand the company’s existing operations at its Savannah Machinery Works facility at 1000 Pine Meadow Drive in Pooler, a western Savannah suburb that sits close to both the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.
The expansion will add 450,000 square feet of manufacturing space, doubling the company’s current footprint. The project is expected to create 220 new jobs in Chatham County.
Savannah Machinery Works — Mitsubishi Power Americas’ premier heavy-industrial manufacturing plant and service center — opened in 2010 as the company’s first complete gas turbine production facility building outside of Japan.
The new facility is scheduled to begin operating in early 2029, according to multiple media sources. Additional details of a construction timeline were not released.
Civic support for Mitsubishi’s investment includes the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the Savannah Economic Development Authority, Georgia Power and Georgia Quick Start.
“Mitsubishi Power Americas’ products are critical to America’s energy infrastructure, and the company is continuing to invest in Georgia because of the connectivity that our ports, rail, highways and airports provide,” says GDEcD Commissioner Pat Wilson.
Mitsubishi Power stated that the company is expanding to keep pace with rising demand for electricity and power-generation equipment, as well as data centers and AI infrastructure.
Headquartered in Lake Mary, Fla., Mitsubishi Power Americas operates as a power solutions brand and subsidiary of Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). Although MHI originally ran an automotive division, the company spun off its automotive department into a completely standalone corporation in 1970, resulting in Mitsubishi Motors Corp. MHI now focuses on providing equipment and services for the energy industry, including gas, steam and aero-derivative turbines, geothermal systems and environmental controls. Mitsubishi Power Americas also develops AI technology designed to support autonomous power plant operations.
— Abby Cox