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Industry News
Jusung America Considers New Office/Mfg Facility
Jusung America Inc., a Korean semiconductor equipment manufacturer with a US headquarters in Austin, is considering the construction of a 50,000-sf manufacturing and office facility to accommodate 300 people. A 20-acre site near the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is under consideration. It is anticipated that construction would take two years and cost tens of millions of dollars. The company is a subsidiary ofJusung Engineering Co. Ltd. of Korea.
ETS-Lindgren Consolidates in Cedar Park
ETS-Lindgren has consolidated its Austin, Florida, and Minnesota offices in a new 70,000-sf plant in Cedar Park. The company performs tests for electromagnetic compatibility, and manufactures products along that line. The lack of radio frequency noise at Cedar Park was one feature that attracted ETS to the site. Plant and equipment costs for the new facility amounted to $10 million. The company is a subsidiary of St. Louis-based ESCO Technologies.
Data-CentersNow Plans New Center in Dulles
Data-Centers Now, based in Rockville, Md., is planning CyberPlex@Dulles, a project comprising office space (2.4 million sf), telecom and Internet space (860,000 sf) and an electricity substation to provide power to the facility. The fortress-like data center, housing critical computer data and equipment, will be located at a 425-acre site in eastern Loudon County. The project is valued at $50 million over the next 10 years.
Nvidia Expands at Meridian Office Park
Nvidia, a computer-chip design firm based in Santa Clara, Calif., is expanding at the Meridian Office Park in Durham. The fabless semiconductor company will leave a 7,700-sf building at the Park for a 25,000-sf building next door. The company will move its 38 employees and a Ping-Pong table in January 2002 to the new structure, which will provide space for lab work and additional employees.
Hughes Network Opens New Center in Germantown
Hughes Network Systems, a unit of California-based Hughes Electronics, has just opened its new $20 million, 43,000-sf operations center for the company’s satellite-based broadband network, DirecWay. The new facility, which is a consolidation of eight operations, will be the control center for the $.14 billion DirecWay service—a two-way connection that enables users to both receive and send data over the same wireless receiver.