A Houston company that manufactures the copper and aluminum busbars used in data-center power systems is planning to open a production facility in North Jacksonville, with the city currently reviewing a build-out permit for the project. The company, S+S Industries, intends to occupy 55,080 square feet at Eastport Exchange for an estimated $231,171 build-out, and a developer representative says operations could begin by the end of the year.
The city is reviewing a build-out permit for the estimated $231,171 project, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record. The space will be used for storing, distributing and performing light production of copper, busbar and other electrical components, the outlet reported. Trevor Berecz, senior vice president at Eastport Exchange developer InLight Real Estate Partners, said S+S Industries will start operations by year-end.
A Decades-Old Company Chasing the Data-Center Boom
S+S Industries traces its roots back to 1977, when it was founded as S&S Plating before adopting its current name in 2018, per the same report. The company is headquartered in Houston and, according to a statement on S+S Industries’ own announcement, it serves a diversified base of original equipment manufacturer customers that supply power distribution equipment to hyperscale, colocation and enterprise data-center operators. Along with manufacturing busbars, the company provides plating, coating, fabrication, kitting, finishing and scrap-recycling services for high-power electrical applications.
Why Jacksonville, Why Now
The timing lines up with a broader push the company flagged back in May, when it said in the same statement that it planned to expand its market position through investments in manufacturing capacity, operational capabilities and long-term strategic initiatives. That announcement came alongside news that Cerberus-managed funds had agreed to make a strategic investment in S+S Industries.
The expansion also arrives as demand for data-center electrical equipment surges nationally. The U.S. data-center electrical-equipment market is projected to grow from roughly $20 billion in 2026 to $65 billion by 2030, according to Wood Mackenzie research cited by Data Center Knowledge. U.S. data-center capacity itself is expected to scale from about 24 gigawatts to 100 gigawatts over that same stretch, the outlet reported, citing Wood Mackenzie. Supply-chain strain is already showing up in equipment lead times: Wood Mackenzie research director Ben Boucher told the outlet that substation transformer lead times have stretched from roughly 140 weeks in 2023 to more than 160 weeks in 2026.
S+S Industries at Eastport Exchange
S+S Industries plans to establish its North Jacksonville facility at Eastport Exchange.
