With 510 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears AFT's 100-permanent-job threshold (AFT includes any project meeting $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 energy equipment context.
Facilities manufacturing power-generation equipment or nuclear fuel, including solar wafers, cells, modules and trackers; wind turbines and components; power-generation turbines and generators; and nuclear fuel and reactor components. Batteries belong in Battery Manufacturing. Transformers, switchgear, cable and grid-protection equipment remain in Electrical Equipment & Grid. Petroleum and synthetic fuels remain in Oil Refining & Fuels.
At a glance
- Company
- Qcells (Hanwha)
- Industry
- Energy Equipment
- Location
- Dalton, Georgia
- Investment
- Not publicly disclosed
- Permanent jobs announced
- 510
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Jan 11, 2023
- Opening timeline
- Part of Qcells' January 2023 Georgia announcement of more than $2.5 billion covering Dalton and Cartersville. The cited announcements do not allocate investment to this expansion, so AFT lists investment as not disclosed and records the 510 jobs Georgia attributed to Dalton.
- Added to tracker
- Oct 21, 2026
Official references
- Office of Gov. Brian Kemp, "Gov. Kemp: Qcells to More than Double Production in Georgia, Create 2,500 New Jobs," January 11, 2023 https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-01-11/gov-kemp-qcells-more-double-production-georgia-create-2500-new-jobs
- Qcells, "Qcells North America Completes Dalton Factory Expansion," October 18, 2023 https://us.qcells.com/blog/qcells-north-america-completes-dalton-factory-expansion/
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Dalton Module Factory Expansion — Qcells, GA." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/qcells-hanwha-dalton-expansion. Accessed October 22, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.