Vertiv has used a ministerial visit to its Campsie manufacturing site to underline that its north-west expansion has moved beyond announcement and into delivery. The company hosted Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn and Foyle MP Colum Eastwood at the facility earlier this week, where it set out progress on equipment investment, warehouse expansion, recruitment, and wider manufacturing growth across its regional operations.
The Campsie visit follows Vertiv’s February decision to scale up manufacturing in Derry/Londonderry and County Donegal, with several hundred new jobs planned over six months to strengthen production capacity in electrical switchgear. That earlier announcement tied the expansion directly to rising global demand from data centre infrastructure, particularly as AI and high-performance computing place heavier requirements on power distribution systems. The latest update indicates the company is now moving on the practical steps needed to convert that demand into output, including new machinery and more warehouse space to increase throughput and support delivery performance.
That matters because switchgear manufacturing is rarely expanded in isolation. New production equipment, materials flow, skilled assembly, and test capacity all have to move together if lead times are to improve without compromising build quality. Vertiv said recruitment is continuing across its three sites in the region, covering electricians, panel wirers, mechanical fitters, general operators, and a broader spread of engineering, quality, and support roles, with both full-time and part-time opportunities in scope.
The company added that a recent walk-in interview day drew about 250 attendees, with another hiring open day due in the coming weeks. Paul Ryan, president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Vertiv, said the business continued to invest in “talent and job creation across our facilities in Ireland and Northern Ireland”. For the north-west manufacturing base, the expansion is notable not simply for the jobs number but for the kind of work involved: electrically intensive, build-to-order infrastructure products tied to one of the fastest-growing capital spending cycles in industrial technology.
Benn described the investment as “a vote of confidence in local manufacturing expertise”, linking the project to wider industrial growth ambitions in the region. Vertiv’s facilities in Derry/Londonderry and Donegal already serve customers worldwide, and the current phase suggests the company is positioning the area as a more substantial production hub for power infrastructure serving the data centre market. Recruitment remains open, and prospective applicants can view current opportunities through Vertiv’s careers site.
