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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.
Pirelli Develops Manufacturing Facility in Rome, Ga.
Pirelli Tire North America is developing a tire manufacturing facility in Rome, Ga. Site work has begun on the $140 million, 400,000-sf building housing office, research and manufacturing facilities. The plant is scheduled to open in mid-2002 and will provide tires for both new vehicles and the replacement tire market. H&M Co. of Jackson, Tenn., holds the design-build contract.
Siemens Considers Fort Worth For Manufacturing Facility
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corp. is considering the Alliance industrial park in Fort Worth as the home for its stationary-fuel-cells division. The $125 million, 500-employee manufacturing plant would initially consist of office space (35,000 sf) and manufacturing space (180,000 sf), with a possible expansion of the office space to 70,000 sf and the manufacturing space to 430,0000 sf in the next four years. Other potential sites include Orlando, Fla. and Pittsburgh.