Pegatron, co-CEO, Zheng Guangzhi, is steering the deal through a subsidiary, PEGATRON TECHNOLOGIES, which bought the Blue Springs Business Park plant and its 12.52-acre plot.

The site offers 168,784 square feet of floor space and cost US$3,072 million.

Industry bods reckon the Texan outpost will be refitted swiftly and start churning out servers as early as the first or second quarter.

Pegatron said the initial brief covers servers and automotive electronics, with servers the focus, and other lines possible if market conditions demand.

The company’s biggest North American base remains Mexico, where it builds automotive electronics for Tesla and the usual car making suspects.

Rivals such as Hon Hai, Quanta, Wistron, Wiwynn, Compal and Inventec already fly the Stars and Stripes in their supply chains, leaving Pegatron late to the stateside party.

Pegatron, co-CEO, Zheng Guangzhi, told investors in June that Texas was on the cards to expand the server business and that site selection factored in land and labour costs as well as power availability.

“Made in the USA” was the line yesterday as the deal was confirmed.

Pegatron, co-CEO, Zheng Guangzhi, noted that server shipments had been small for a year or two, but expected better results in the second half thanks to recent efforts.