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title: "Mitsubishi Heavy plans $490 million expansion for U.S. gas-turbine capacity"
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# Mitsubishi Heavy plans $490 million expansion for U.S. gas-turbine capacity

From The Forward Pass daily issue, November 2, 2026 (https://theforwardpass.net/archive/daily/2026-11-02). Source: https://theforwardpass.net/archive/daily/2026-11-02/mitsubishi-heavy-plans-490-million-expansion-for-u-s-gas-turbine-capacity

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**Top News** · Reported · nikkei.com

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to expand its Georgia factory to serve the rush to build data centers. The $490 million investment will increase U.S. gas-turbine manufacturing and maintenance capacity.

Here’s what the investment covers:
- The Georgia factory expansion is intended to serve the rush to build data centers.
- More manufacturing capacity will go toward gas turbines, a key component in power plants that generate electricity using natural gas.
- Maintenance capacity will grow alongside manufacturing, so the expansion is not limited to producing new equipment.

Why care? This is a planned $490 million investment in equipment used by natural-gas power plants. For infrastructure engineers, it is an investment in gas-turbine manufacturing and maintenance capacity to track alongside the compute buildout.

Sources: [asia.nikkei.com](https://asia.nikkei.com/business/energy/mitsubishi-heavy-gears-up-to-boost-us-gas-turbine-production)