ELEANOR, W.Va. — A manufacturing facility in Putnam County is expanding its operations to help run data centers across the country.

nVent Electric develops large outdoor buildings that ensure power inside a data center never goes out. The buildings developed in Eleanor are shipped out to several different states.

“If the power goes down in a data center, these things will kick on,” said facility controller Andrew Metz Tuesday morning. “They run the battery for a while and then they will connect to generators, so they are the key compenent to make sure a data center’s power never goes down.”

The company, which was formerly known as “Parkline,” already has a staff of roughly 150 workers. Metz confirmed Tuesday that they’re ready to hire 100 new workers to develop the power buildings.

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