Austin-based Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX), a global electronics manufacturing company, has announced a new 400,000-square-foot Dallas manufacturing facility focused on power products. Flex said the facility “significantly boosts production capacity and efficiency” for its grid-to-chip data center power infrastructure solutions, including power pods, power distribution units, and low-voltage switchgear.
Located at 4001 N. Prairie Creek Road in East Dallas, the facility aims to meet the rising power infrastructure demands driven by AI adoption and reduces production lead times for U.S. customers, Flex said.
The move follows Flex’s October 2024 acquisition of Crown Technical Systems, which is based in Fontana, California, with production and engineering facilities in the Dallas suburb of Garland and in Ontario, Canada.
Flex said its new Dallas facility will serve as a “central hub,” bringing together technical power pod fabrication and assembly with utility-grade capabilities in the U.S. to enable faster and more efficient distribution for the company’s growing North American customer base.
The company said it has “a proven track record of scaling power pod production” in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and is leveraging that expertise for its U.S. expansion.
“As AI adoption accelerates, the need for reliable, efficient, and scalable power infrastructure grows,” Chris Butler, president of embedded and critical power at Flex, said in a statement. “Our new Dallas facility positions us to deliver next-generation power infrastructure solutions that help customers maximize computing performance while reducing deployment times. We are committed to tackling the complex power challenges of AI-enabled data centers.”
Dallas Innovates reached out to Flex for information on workforce numbers at the Dallas site. A spokesperson said that while Flex isn’t sharing specific workforce numbers at this time, “this expansion reinforces Flex’s dedication to scaling production to meet the increasing domestic demand for power solution.”
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