Danfoss is returning to Marcy after closing down its local operations last year.
The company’s Danfoss Power Solutions segment will move into the Computer Chip Commercialization Center, known as Quad-C, on the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus to manufacture data center liquid cooling components with startup operations tentatively expected to begin in early August, Danfoss and state officials announced this week.
Danfoss expects to create 300 jobs at the site, according to the company. And hiring will start immediately with positions available in manufacturing, engineering and operations.
Danfoss has not received any local or state incentives to come back to Marcy, according to Mohawk Valley EDGE.
“Establishing operations in Marcy will help us increase capacity, serve customers more efficiently and support a rapidly growing market fueled by artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure,” said Peter Bleday, Danfoss’ vice president of the data center business unit in a statement. “The Mohawk Valley is a logical place to expand our data center business.”
“It offers a compelling combination of talent, infrastructure, and strategic access that supports our ambitious growth plans.”
Leaving Marcy prior
Danfoss Silicon Power had moved into Quad-C in 2017 to manufacture silicon-carbide power modules at Quad-C, but closed down its Marcy operations over the course of last year.
Danfoss’ data center business is growing rapidly so the Denmark-based company is expanding its related manufacturing capabilities in the United States, according to the company.
Quad-C is owned by the New York Center for Research, Economic Advancement, Technology, Engineering and Science, or NY Creates. The site offers two cleanrooms as well as flexible warehousing space.
“Danfoss Power Solutions’ expansion in Utica underscores the Mohawk Valley and New York State’s continued momentum as a destination for advanced manufacturing investment,” said NY Creates President and CEO Dave Anderson in a statement. “With a skilled workforce, modern infrastructure, and strong regional supply chain, this new operation reflects the kind of innovation-driven growth we are proud to support.”
Danfoss Power Solutions manufactures fluid conveyance and hydraulic systems. In Marcy, it will manufacture couplings, hoses and fittings for the liquid cooling systems used in data centers. Danfoss’ products help to make data center operations more reliable and energy efficient while also managing increasing computer demands, officials said.
Operations to begin in phases
Danfoss will begin its operations in phases. The company plans to scale up its production at Quad-C for the rest of this year, once the building is ready for them, and into 2027.
Danfoss’ return to Marcy makes sense given the growth of advanced manufacturing in upstate New York, the region’s economic momentum and the Mohawk Valley’s skilled workforce, officials said in a statement announcing Danfoss’ return. And, of course, Danfoss is already familiar with its new site, the statement pointed out.
Danfoss is making a “significant reinvestment” in Marcy, officials said.
“Danfoss’ decision to return to Marcy and bring up to 300 new jobs with it is another major win for the Mohawk Valley and a strong endorsement of the advanced manufacturing ecosystem we have worked hard to build,” said Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr in a statement. “The Marcy Nanocenter was created to attract exactly this type of opportunity and seeing an existing facility transition into a fast-growing sector tied to artificial intelligence and next-generation data infrastructure demonstrates the long-term value of that vision.”
For decades, the state has centered local economic development efforts on bringing the semiconductor industry to Marcy at both Quad-C and the Marcy Nanocenter. Danfoss Silicon Power was the first advanced manufacturing company to come to Marcy in 2017.
In 2022, Wolfspeed opened a $1 billion, 200-mm-silicon-carbide-chip fabrication facility at the Nanocenter, which still has room left for development.
The power modules Danfoss first made at Quad-C were primarily sold to the electric vehicle and renewable energy industries as well as to industries using AC devices. Its first shipment of finished product went out in March, 2019.
By June 2025 though, company officials announced that they would be ramping down production for the rest of 2025. Company officials blamed a significant decline in customer demand for its products as well as changes to government policy affecting the electric vehicle industry.
Semikron Danfoss, which absorbed Danfoss Silicon Power, continues to manufacture power electronics and components.
This article originally appeared on Observer-Dispatch: Why is Danfoss returning to Quad-C in Marcy so soon after leaving?
Reporting by Amy Neff Roth, Utica Observer Dispatch / Observer-Dispatch
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By Amy Neff Roth, Utica Observer Dispatch | USA TODAY Network
