Celestica commits $300M to expand Richardson advanced manufacturing campus, adding 2,300 jobs

Celestica, a global provider of data center infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, has announced a $300 million expansion of its operations at 2801 Telecom Parkway in Richardson, Texas. The project will grow the company's footprint to approximately one million square feet across three buildings, including a new 343,000-square-foot facility currently under construction. The expansion is expected to create nearly 2,300 new permanent jobs while retaining approximately 400 existing positions, with Celestica committing to occupy the campus through at least 2036. The Richardson City Council approved a $3 million tenant improvement grant tied to the company's long-term occupancy, capital investment, and job creation commitments.

This expansion is significant for the broader advanced manufacturing ecosystem, though it is not a pure additive manufacturing play. Celestica's core business spans data center infrastructure, electronics manufacturing services, and advanced technology integration - areas where AM increasingly serves as a complementary production tool for custom tooling, low-volume metal and polymer parts, and rapid prototyping. The scale of the investment and job creation signals that Richardson is successfully competing for large-scale advanced manufacturing facilities, a trend that benefits AM service bureaus and equipment suppliers by concentrating technical talent and infrastructure demand in a single geography. The transformation of the former Fujitsu campus into a multi-tenant advanced manufacturing hub mirrors patterns seen in other tech corridors where legacy corporate real estate is repurposed to support modern production needs.

For the AM industry, the practical takeaway is that Celestica's expansion reinforces the growing importance of regional advanced manufacturing clusters in North Texas. Companies considering AM adoption or service bureau expansion should evaluate Richardson's incentive structure and talent pool as a potential site for production capacity. Celestica itself may increase its use of AM for tooling and low-volume production as it scales its data center and electronics manufacturing capabilities, but this remains an infrastructure play rather than a direct AM technology announcement.