Overview
- Valeo broke ground Tuesday in McAllen, Texas on a $225 million, 337,000-square-foot factory that it says will create up to 500 jobs, with production slated for late 2027.
- The plant will build General Motors’ central compute unit, a liquid-cooled computer powered by next-generation chips that runs core vehicle functions.
- The unit pulls data from many sensors into one brain-like box, which replaces several separate controllers and enables frequent over-the-air software updates.
- Valeo calls the program one of the largest orders in its history and frames the U.S. site as a move to grow in North America and add supply-chain resilience.
- Forbes highlights Valeo’s push into software, noting a workforce of more than 9,000 software engineers and recent profit gains as the industry pivots to software-defined vehicles.