Project Bulletin

Denmark-based global health company Novo Nordisk broke North Carolina’s record for the single largest life sciences investment in the state when it announced this week it would invest in a $4.1 billion production site in Clayton, North Carolina.

Approval has landed from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for Meld Energy’s new green hydrogen production facility in England’s port city of Hull. The $304.2 million, 100-megawatt project will be housed at the Saltend Chemicals Park.

A $365 million expansion is set for India-based Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd. steel plant in the state of Karnataka’s central village of Bevinahalli.

After acquiring the Lokomotion technology center in the Lahdesjärvi neighborhood of Tampere, Finland, in 2021, Metso now plans to move all operations from Hatanpää to this site moving forward.

In a move to further increase manufacturing capacity for its active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) used to treat chronic diseases, Eli Lilly has announced a $5.3 billion boost to its Lebanon, Indiana, facility investment.

AstraZeneca marked its arrival in Singapore with a $1.5 billion investment toward an antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) manufacturing facility.

Pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced last week that it would be investing more than $1.1 billion in three of its sites in France.

With $3.3 billion in tow, Microsoft has plans to deliver a state-of-the-art data center campus in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. In late 2023, it was announced that Microsoft would be acquiring two facilities previously owned by Taiwan-based electronics company Foxconn, which failed to deliver its $10 billion commitment.

Data center developer Vantage Data Centers introduces its first $1 billion data center campus 20 minutes outside of Dublin in Grange Castle, Ireland.

California-based waste solutions company Brightmark Energy has plans to invest $950 million an hour southwest of Atlanta, Georgia.

A $250 million investment by Apple will look to promote collaboration between the company’s teams housed in Singapore’s northeast Ang Mo Kio district.

China-based solar module manufacturer Seraphim Energy Group announced last week that it would be investing $829 million in the Huadu district within China’s Guangdong province.

About 17 miles outside of Columbus, Ohio, energy company Cenovus Energy Inc. has announced a $1.5 billion investment in Dublin.

Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) has $1.5 billion plans to add its second EV battery manufacturing facility in South Carolina.

After two years of transformation at Jindal Aluminium Limited’s Bhiwadi, India, site the company has announced operations will now commence.

AstraZeneca plans to build upon its operations in China’s Jiangsu province with a $475 million investment.

A joint venture worth $11 billion is set to begin construction this year in India’s western state of Gujarat.

Aluminum manufacturer Novelis shared in late February that its $2.5 billion Bay Minette project, which has been under construction since 2022, has actually ended up costing the company $4.1 billion.

Battery manufacturer EnerSys has plans to invest $500 million at Augusta Grove Business Park located in Greenville, South Carolina.

By 2025, Samsung Electronics Co. will begin production of EV batteries at its Seremban, Malaysia, facility thanks to a new $1.2 billion investment.

With a goal of advancing critical cancer trials and increasing future supply capacity, AstraZeneca is investing $300 million in Rockville, Maryland.

Germany-based automotive parts manufacturer Continental AG has announced plans to locate its 22nd facility in Mexico.

The last few weeks have been filled with news of major data center investments touching down in the U.S., among them Google’s $845 million Fort Wayne, Indiana, project and Meta’s $800 million Jeffersonville, Indiana, announcement.

Last week, Google announced that it would be investing $1 billion to deliver critical technical infrastructure that will aid innovation and tech-led growth in the United Kingdom.