Cary just landed a high-voltage win. Hitachi Energy says it will open a 32,000‑square‑foot Power Electronics Center of Competence in town, a roughly $10 million project that is expected to create about 150 engineering and cybersecurity jobs when the site comes online in fall 2026. The facility will pull together engineering, testing and system‑integration work on power‑electronics equipment designed to boost transmission capacity without stringing new lines across the landscape.
Company leaders are pitching the Cary site as a two-for-one: a technical hub for grid‑stabilizing hardware and a global cybersecurity center focused on protecting utilities’ operational technology. State and federal officials joined the announcement and cast the move as fresh momentum for the Triangle’s growing energy‑tech scene.
What the Cary center will do
Inside the new center, Hitachi Energy plans to support grid‑control technologies such as STATCOMs, fixed series compensation and synchronous condenser systems, along with other tools utilities use to tackle congestion and keep voltage steady. The company says this work is meant to help utilities squeeze more performance out of existing infrastructure at a time when demand for electricity is spiking.
The Cary site is also slated to become a home base for advanced cybersecurity offerings that target the increasingly blurry line between information technology and operational technology. Plans call for secure‑by‑design system architectures, continuous monitoring and fast incident‑response capabilities for utility customers. These details were laid out in a company release carried by PR Newswire.
Who showed up and what they said
Hitachi Energy executives shared the stage with local and national officials, including Gov. Josh Stein, at an on‑site announcement where speakers welcomed the new roles for the Raleigh‑area workforce. The crowd got a clear message that this is about more than one building…