With $3.2 billion in facility-specific investment and 1,500 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The battery manufacturing context.
Battery manufacturing has become one of the largest concentrations of new industrial investment in the United States. A network of cell plants is taking shape across the Midwest and Southeast, connecting automakers, battery producers, critical-material suppliers and energy-storage markets. Federal production incentives have accelerated that build-out, while the next test will be whether announced capacity converts into sustained domestic production.
At a glance
- Company
- LG Energy Solution
- Industry
- Battery Manufacturing
- Location
- Queen Creek, Arizona
- Investment
- $3.20B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,500
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Mar 24, 2023
- Expected opening
- 2026
- Added to tracker
- Aug 23, 2026
Official references
- LG Energy Solution Arizona manufacturing-complex announcement https://news.lgensol.com/company-news/press-releases/1613/
- LG Energy Solution 2025 cylindrical-facility construction update https://news.lgensol.com/company-news/press-releases/3784/
- Arizona ESS/LFP facility hold confirmation https://news.lgensol.com/company-news/press-releases/3808/
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