A Taiwanese manufacturing heavyweight is quietly sizing up McKinney for a major North American move, according to public filings. The proposal, filed under the code name Project Plum Blossom, would turn two Class A shell buildings at the Core5 Logistics Center into a U.S. headquarters and a large manufacturing and R&D campus with an investment of at least $300 million and roughly 500 permanent jobs. The paperwork describes production of rack-level power supplies, backup battery units and integrated power-management systems for data centers and AI servers. Negotiations with local and state economic development officials are ongoing, and so far no construction permits have been pulled and no public announcements have been made.
As reported by the Dallas Business Journal, the applicant is identified as LITE-ON Technology Corporation, a Taipei-headquartered electronics maker. Local reporting says the company is seeking more than $13 million in combined tax incentives. That coverage followed the release of documents filed with state and local economic development staff. The company has not publicly commented on…..