🚗 Automotive · Ellabell, Georgia
Hyundai Motor Group: Metaplant America
💰 $7.6 billion (for the vehicle plant)👷 8,500 jobs (at least, on site by 2031)🏗️ Opened March 2025; expansion announcedEV and hybrid assembly plant in Bryan County, near Savannah.
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The general contractor hasn't been announced publicly; watch local news and county permits.
Source: Georgia Dept. of Economic Development · checked Oct 25, 2026
🚗 Automotive · Social Circle, Georgia
💰 $5 billion👷 7,500 jobs (by 2030)🏗️ Under construction since September 2025; production in 2028Rivian's East Coast factory at Stanton Springs North, east of Atlanta, for its R2 and R3 vehicles.
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Built by Clayco. Register with them as a subcontractor. Clayco subcontractor prequalification →
Source: Rivian press release, Sep 2025 · checked Oct 25, 2026
🚗 Automotive · Fort Valley (Middle Georgia Megasite, near Macon), Georgia
Audi: First U.S. vehicle assembly plant
💰 $4.2 billion👷 4,500 jobs🏗️ Announced October 24, 2026; construction expected to begin in 2027, production in the early 2030sAudi's first U.S. factory, at the Middle Georgia Megasite in Peach County, planned to build about 200,000 SUVs a year.
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The general contractor hasn't been announced publicly; watch local news and county permits.
Source: CNBC · checked Oct 26, 2026
☀️ Energy · Cartersville, Georgia
Qcells: Cartersville and Dalton solar plants
💰 $2.5 billion (more than)👷 2,500 jobs (new jobs across both sites)🏗️ Ramping up production in 2026Solar ingots, wafers, cells and panels at a new Cartersville plant and an expanded Dalton plant.
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Built by Gray Construction. Register with them as a subcontractor.
Source: Office of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Jan 2023 · checked Oct 25, 2026
💊 Pharmaceuticals · Rowen (Gwinnett County), Georgia
💰 $2 billion👷 330 jobs (more than, plus more than 1,000 construction jobs)🏗️ Announced March 2026; design and construction over about 5 to 7 yearsThe Belgian drugmaker's first U.S. biologics plant, 460,000 square feet on about 79 acres.
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The general contractor hasn't been announced publicly; watch local news and county permits. Become a UCB supplier →
Source: Gwinnett County, Mar 2026 · checked Oct 25, 2026
🚗 Automotive · Fort Valley, Georgia
Blue Bird: Fort Valley school bus plant
💰 $300 million (estimated)👷 375 jobs (over three years)🏗️ Announced October 2026; construction to begin early 2027A former motorhome plant becomes a million-square-foot factory for Type C school buses (diesel, gas, propane and electric).
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The general contractor hasn't been announced publicly; watch local news and county permits. Blue Bird supplier portal →
Source: Georgia Dept. of Economic Development, Oct 2026 · checked Oct 25, 2026
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