The gist
In mid-April, TMEIC broke ground on its roughly 250,000-square-foot manufacturing facility that will create uninterruptible power supply systems, or UPS systems, to support data centers, said Vince Yokom, executive director of the Waller County Economic Development Partnership.
TMEIC also received a $368,838 grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund to support the project, which will create 62 jobs and bring in a more than $65 million capital investment, according to an April 16 news release from Gov. Greg Abbott’s office. TMEIC was formed in 2003 as a partnership between Japan-based companies Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi-Electric Corp.
The big picture
The groundbreaking comes several months after TMEIC made another investment in Waller County to open a manufacturing facility near the Katy area at 4006 Westport Drive, Yokom said. Located in the Kingsland Ranch Logistics Park, this facility produces inverters for renewable energy.
"We are excited that TMEIC has chosen Waller County for not one, but two new manufacturing facilities,” Yokom said in an email. “We worked with WCEDP partners Falcon Development and Twinwood to provide great locations for their new operations. Waller County will be home to their inverter and UPS systems manufacturing facilities that serve both the renewable energy and data center sectors.”
Digging deeper
Waller County Commissioners Court approved tax abatement agreements for both TMEIC facilities, according to court documents.
The agreement for the inverter production facility, approved by commissioners in mid-November, states TMEIC must hires at least 100 employees in the first year of the abatement period, per court documents. The agreement ensures TMEIC is reimbursed a portion of its property tax payments from January 2025 through December 2029.
Meanwhile, commissioners approved the second abatement in mid-December with TMEIC for the UPS systems manufacturing and distribution facility, according to court documents. The agreement states TMEIC must hire 300 employees for the property to receive the partial reimbursement over the five-year abatement period, which ends in December 2031.
"Collaboration with the State of Texas and Waller County has been instrumental in facilitating our decision to invest in this region by fostering a pro-business environment and a robust manufacturing ecosystem," Manmeet S. Bhatia, TMEIC Corporation Americas president and CEO, said in the state’s release. "We deeply appreciate the state and county support of this project, which includes an award from the Texas Enterprise Fund and a local property tax abatement."
Looking ahead
The Twinwood Parkway UPS site will be operational by the first quarter of 2026, Yokom said.
