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Rolls-Royce Mankato expansion targets data center generator demand

Rolls-Royce is expanding its Mankato facility by $24 million with a 250,000-square-foot extension to double backup power generator production, targeting surging data center demand and adding 100+ jobs.

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The Wire takeaway

Data center power bottlenecks are real and acute enough to justify $24M manufacturing capacity expansion—founders building AI/cloud infrastructure should track backup power supply chains and regional availability as a hard constraint on growth.

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Topics: Cloud Infrastructure · data-center-capacity · backup-power-supply · manufacturing-expansion · energy-infrastructure

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Verified 9 July 2026 · Sources: Fusion42 review