Dyson Expanding In Singapore, Philippines And U.K. Under Firm’s $3.4 Billion Global Investment Plan

Dyson said Wednesday it is building new manufacturing facilities and technological hubs across Singapore, the Philippines and the U.K. as part of an ongoing five-year, £2.75 billion ($3.4 billion) global investment plan as the consumer electronics giant ramps up the development of its software and AI capabilities.

The company is building an advanced facility to produce next generation batteries at a manufacturing hub in the western Singapore town of Tuas that will become fully operational by 2025. Dyson opened its global headquarters in Singapore last year, and pledged to invest S$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) in the city-state in the next few years.

“Software, connectivity, AI and proprietary new technology batteries will power the next generation of Dyson technology,” James Dyson, the company’s billionaire founder, said in a statement. “Just like our long-term investments in pioneering digital electric motor technology, Dyson’s next generation battery technology will drive a major revolution in the performance and sustainability of Dyson machines.”

Dyson opened its first facility in Singapore in 2007, with a team of engineers that developed the company’s high speed digital electric motors. Five years later, it started mass-producing the motors at its advanced manufacturing facility—powered by 300 autonomous robots—in the city-state that currently churning out 10 million motors a year.

In the Philippines, the company is investing £166 million to build a technology hub in Santo Tomas, Batangas, south of Manila. Scheduled to be operational by the second half of 2024, the facility will bring together Dyson’s research, development and manufacturing capabilities under one room

Dyson is investing another £100 million to a new facility in Bristol, U.K. that will be home to hundreds of software and AI engineers developing a pipeline of new products. It will also be the hub for the company’s commercial and e-commerce teams for Great Britain and Ireland.