JAMES CITY — An Irish manufacturing company that provides infrastructure for data centers has set up shop in James City County.

Dublin-based CEL Critical Power is investing more than $5 million to establish the company’s first American manufacturing facility in Virginia. From a 400,000-square-feet warehouse in an industrial area off Green Mount Parkway, CEL will design and construct products used in the quickly growing AI and cloud industry fields.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin joined state and county officials Wednesday to welcome the company, which began operations in July. CEL already has 70 employees, with a total of 100 anticipated by Christmas and 250 by 2027. Those numbers are expected to rise to 500 employees by 2030.

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership worked with James City Co

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