The 500,000sqft sustainable facility will be ready to welcome Eaton teams in 2026.
Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) and Eaton, a global intelligent power management company, recently signed an agreement to build a new sustainable campus, bringing together Eaton’s Dubai-based commercial, manufacturing, and support functions while providing capacity for growth in the future.
The project will extend Eaton’s research, engineering, and manufacturing capacity and aims to significantly boost Dubai’s capabilities in the advanced manufacturing of electrical and electronic components that are required to deliver safe and efficient power for several industries including data centres, buildings, and solar energy.
The construction of the facility, covering more than 500,000sqft, will begin in 2025 and is expected to be completed in 2026. The manufacturing capability will be complemented by a new R&D facility to house a state-of-the-art centre dedicated to sustainable manufacturing, power management, machine learning, AI, and other related fields.
Sustainable technology
The campus will leverage sustainable technology and demonstrate how commercial and industrial buildings can play an important role in the energy transition.
The signing ceremony took place at Jafza in Dubai, attended by Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman and CEO, DP World, and Craig Arnold, Chairman and CEO, Eaton, and senior management from both companies.
“This strategic partnership with Eaton is a significant advancement in our efforts to develop smart manufacturing facilities in Jafza, directly supporting Dubai’s D33 strategy,“ commented Bin Sulayem.
“This new partnership with DP World and Jafza underscores our commitment to growth in the region and supports Dubai’s D33 transformation to position the city as a leader in high-tech manufacturing and innovation,” remarked Arnold.
