LS Cable & System US unit starts 68 billion won expansion line, ships first product

LS Cable & System's US subsidiary (LSCUS) has begun full operation of a new continuous catenary vulcanization (CCV) production line at its Tarboro plant in North Carolina and completed its first product shipment. The move aims to capture rapidly growing demand for medium-voltage (MV) power cables in North America driven by the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and renewable energy.

On Nov. 6, LSCUS announced via its official LinkedIn account that it had completed the first shipment from the new CCV line at the Tarboro plant. "This achievement is an important milestone demonstrating the continued expansion of the Tarboro plant," the company said. "With the new line in operation, we have increased production capacity and shortened delivery times."

In February this year, LSCUS announced a $50 million (about 68 billion won) investment to expand manufacturing facilities at the Tarboro plant. The investment included adding two CCV lines that handle the insulation process for medium-voltage distribution cables. The line that shipped its first product this time is the first of those additions. The second line is targeted to begin operation in April next year.

The expansion is a response to surging demand for power infrastructure in the United States. With the recent generative AI boom driving investment in hyperscale data centers, expanding transmission and distribution networks for stable power supply has become an essential task. In particular, given the nature of US campus-style data centers that build multiple buildings on large sites, the use of medium-voltage cables connecting substations to individual buildings is reportedly growing rapidly.

The Tarboro plant has applied cleanroom systems at the level of semiconductor fabs to its medium-voltage cable processes to improve quality, and has reduced delivery times to about half those of competitors, increasing its local market share. With the new line in operation, medium-voltage cable production capacity has doubled, speeding up product supply to power companies and data center operators across the United States. Along with the facility expansion, the local plant workforce will increase from 250 to 335 employees.

LSCUS has secured long-term supply foundations for data center distribution systems worth more than 5 trillion won (about $3.7 billion) with global big tech companies through 2030. The Tarboro plant, which was launched in 2017 by converting a communication cable factory into a power production base, is accelerating its push into the North American power infrastructure market with the start of the new line.

(Dollar figures are approximate, converted automatically at 1,000 won = $0.738, the rate on Nov. 8, 2026.)

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