A Kenosha County-based cooling-systems manufacturer is more than doubling its production capacity as it moves into a facility in Somers.

IEA’s move from its 175,000-square-foot Kenosha plant at 9625 55th St. into a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility represents about $100 million in investment and will help boost employment to more than 500 workers, the company said.

IEA’s parent company, Engendren Corp., is owned by Indiana-based Cummins Inc., which is expanding its cooling-systems business in Kenosha County as demand for backup power and cooling equipment from data center operations drives growth across the company.

Cummin’s generator sets provide backup power when the electrical grid fails, while IEA manufactures the large cooling systems needed to keep those generators operating. Both are in high demand among data center operators, which require reliable backup power and cooling infrastructure to keep their operations running.

“This is one of the biggest growth areas of the company right now,” said Jenny Bush, president of Cummins’ Power Systems segment, who was on hand for a ribbon-cutting at the new facility.

Cummins acquired Engendren Corp. in 2024 as part of a strategy to vertically integrate components used in its generator sets, said IEA President Robert Cochanski Rodriguez. IEA sells predominantly to Cummins and other companies that incorporate its cooling equipment into larger systems.

Most of IEA’s products ultimately end up in products used by tech giants including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Meta and Alphabet, Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said the company has doubled its headcount and output in Kenosha over the past 2½ years. The new Somers facility at 1338 120th Ave. is expected to double production again and bring employment at the operation to more than 500 workers.

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