Related equipment on CasterHQ: Data center casters for racks, carts, and floor moves around data-center equipment. CasterHQ does not claim to supply this McKinney campus.
LITEON Technology Corp. (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2301) is an electronics company that, in its own “About” language carried by the McKinney Economic Development Corporation, sells AI power management, high-efficiency battery backup units (BBUs), racks and mechanical components, and liquid cooling systems aimed at next-generation AI data centers. In plain words: power, backup power, rack hardware, and cooling gear for compute rooms — not a finished hyperscale data hall that LITEON operates as a landlord.
The news: on Sept. 3, 2026, the McKinney Economic Development Corporation said LITEON marked the official start of buildout on its North American advanced manufacturing campus in McKinney, Texas. The $919 million project is expected to create at least 600 new permanent jobs in McKinney, MEDC reported. LITEON has already purchased two existing buildings totaling more than 650,000 square feet at the Core5 Logistics Center and is commencing extensive buildout and installation of specialized equipment, according to that release. The campus is described as supporting advanced manufacturing, engineering, and research.
What is not true: a ceremonial groundbreaking is not an operating plant. MEDC’s own framing is start of buildout and equipment install on purchased shells — not a claim that AI power modules or liquid-cooling skids are already shipping from McKinney at full rate. Do not confuse the ceremony with finished production.
MEDC President and CEO Michael Kowski said the company and community moved from announcement to standing on the site quickly. Mayor Bill Cox and MEDC board chairman Brian Loughmiller are also quoted on partnership and career opportunity. Those remarks are local economic-development color; the buyer-relevant clock remains buildout start plus the $919 million / ≥600 jobs / >650,000 sq ft figures MEDC printed.
Who this affects: data-center and AI-infrastructure supply readers watching North Texas advanced manufacturing capacity for power, BBU, rack, and liquid-cooling hardware. The public clock is Sept. 3, 2026 buildout start on existing Core5 shells — not a verified production go-live date.
Limits
$919 million, ≥600 permanent jobs, two buildings totaling more than 650,000 square feet at Core5 Logistics Center, start of buildout and specialized equipment install, advanced manufacturing/engineering/research scope, TWSE 2301, and the About LITEON AI power / BBU / racks / liquid cooling description are from the McKinney Economic Development Corporation release dated Sept. 3, 2026 on uniquemckinney.com. This desk did not visit McKinney, did not verify equipment install progress, and did not treat the ceremonial groundbreaking as an operating plant. Secondary expansion writeups were not used as primary fact sources. The photograph is a Rivian plant floor in Normal, Illinois — a manufacturing stand-in, not LITEON’s McKinney campus.
Sources
- McKinney Economic Development Corporation, Sept. 3, 2026: LITEON Conducts Ceremonial Groundbreaking on McKinney Manufacturing Campus
