KSB USA/North America, a leading supplier of pumps and industrial valves, will invest $25 million to expand its Henrico County facility, creating 32 new jobs.

Governor Glenn Youngkin announced that Canon Virginia, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of consumer and office products, will expand its manufacturing facility in the City of Newport News.

Shalag U.S., Inc., a manufacturer of non-woven fabric for use in manufactured products, will invest $16.6 million to open a new non-woven manufacturing and production facility in Mecklenburg County, creating 52 new jobs.

American Type Culture Collection will invest $54.7 million to expand its bioresource center campus in Prince William County with a new biomanufacturing facility, creating 75 new jobs.

Optimum Technologies LLC, which provides space flight hardware design, manufacturing, integration and test, will invest $999,000 to expand in Loudoun County, creating 40 new jobs.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace Inc., a global provider of defense and aerospace systems, will invest $71 million to establish a facility in James City County, creating 180 new jobs.

TECHnista, LLC, an education consulting company, will invest $1.5 million and create 15 new jobs to support a Department of Defense contract in Pittsylvania County.

VFP Inc., a custom building solutions manufacturer, will invest $5 million to expand its facility in Scott County, creating 50 new jobs.

OpenAI's ChatGPT is only the start: experts say that generative AI - this smarter, more flexible version of artificial intelligence - offers organizations the possibility of revolutionizing not only how work is done, but who does what. 

AI requires powerful cloud systems, and data centers power these innovations. Virginia’s strong data center infrastructure is a draw, but companies are also focused on ensuring a robust local workforce to staff the facilities.