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Socomec expands North American manufacturing capacity to support data center growth
Socomec has opened two new manufacturing facilities in Georgia and Ontario as the company expands production capacity to support rising North American demand for data center power infrastructure.
The French-headquartered specialist in low-voltage electrical equipment inaugurated sites in Suwanee near Atlanta and Brampton near Toronto. The investment forms part of Socomec’ s wider strategy to strengthen regional manufacturing and deliver power technologies tailored to hyperscale and enterprise data centre operators.
The 194,000 sq. ft Suwanee facility will produce Uninterruptible Power Supply systems and Static Transfer Switches. The site is expected to reach full production capacity in early 2027 and will employ 300 staff. Meanwhile the 150,000 sq. ft Brampton facility will manufacture high-efficiency transformers and Power Distribution Units and currently employs 170 people.
Socomec said growing Artificial Intelligence workloads are accelerating electricity demand across the global data center industry. Gartner forecasts that global electricity demand from data centers will double by 2030 while the worldwide data center construction market is projected to rise from US $ 181.51 billion in 2025 to US $ 440.06 billion in 2035.
Ivan Steyert CEO, Socomec Group, said local manufacturing would improve industrial agility reduce lead times and help the company maintain close relationships with North American customers in a demanding and highly regulated market.
Michele Putignano, CEO of North America, Socomec, said the region had delivered annual growth rates exceeding 20 % for five consecutive years. He added that the company aims to build local expertise, strengthen compliance and expand support for infrastructure operators across North America.
Goldman Sachs Alternatives acquires QScale to expand Canadian AI data centre infrastructure
QScale, a Canadian developer and operator of AI-ready data centres, has confirmed that Goldman Sachs Alternatives has completed the acquisition of the company alongside QScale’ s founders and management team, who will remain shareholders and continue leading the business.
The deal comes as AI demand accelerates globally, driving increased investment in hyperscale and sovereign compute infrastructure. Goldman Sachs Alternatives said the investment reflects growing demand for sustainable and jurisdictionally secure AI capacity in Canada.
Founded in Québec, QScale designs and operates purposebuilt data centres engineered for high-performance computing and AI workloads. Its flagship Q01 campus in Lévis uses Québec’ s low-carbon hydroelectric grid and natural cold-climate cooling to reduce environmental impact while supporting high-density compute requirements.
Leonard Seevers, Partner, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, said:“ AI is rapidly redefining the infrastructure requirements to deliver compute to consumers and enterprises at scale.”
Martin Bouchard, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, QScale, said:“ Partnering with Goldman Sachs Alternatives gives us the capital base and the global network to scale faster, build bigger and serve the most demanding hyperscale and AI customers in the world.”
QScale is also developing additional campuses across Canada to support rising customer demand. The company has appointed former CoreSite and EdgeCore founder Tom Ray as an independent board member to support its expansion strategy nationwide.
The acquisition highlights rising interest in AI infrastructure as enterprises seek low-carbon environments capable of supporting workloads and Digital Transformation initiatives. Goldman Sachs Alternatives said QScale is positioned to become an AI compute platform.
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