Project Traits
State: Virginia
Congressional District: VA05
Organization Type: NGO
Partner Organization(s) Type: None or Unknown
Energy Sector: Industry
Energy Subsector: Transformers
Project Start Year: 2026
Project Launch Year: 2028
Government Support Received: Unknown
Outcomes & Impacts
Private Investment: Unknown
Jobs Announced or Created: 825
People Served: Unknown
Projected Economic Impact: Unknown
Hitachi Energy has plans to create 825 new jobs at its South Boston facility. With those new jobs comes the need for additional housing in the community.
Developers at Monday evening’s Halifax County Board of Supervisors meeting outlined a plan to build 136 new workforce housing units a mile down the road from the Hitachi plant off U.S. 58.
“I’m projecting this to be about a $60 million development, a significant, transformative project in South Boston,” said Andy Davenport, vice president of real estate development for Community Housing Partners, based in Christiansburg. “We would like this (project) to commence in 2027. We know that the buildout for Hitachi will probably go into 2028, so we have to be ready for that.”
Amidst plans to build the new workforce housing units, supervisors approved a rezoning request at Monday’s meeting, allowing Hitachi to move forward with the planned expansion. With the expansion, the South Boston facility will become the largest manufacturing site for larger power transformers in the United States, Gov. Glenn Youngkin stated at the time of the expansion announcement.