Wiwynn Corp., a Taiwan-based manufacturer of data center equipment, is expanding its new manufacturing complex in Socorro, an El Paso suburb, with plans to add hundreds of additional jobs to its already large workforce.
The expansion comes as the development of new data centers in the El Paso area and elsewhere in the country has become a controversial issue with growing opposition from community residents and politicians because of data centers’ high electricity demands and large water usage.
A news conference is scheduled Friday afternoon, Aug. 21, at Wiwynn’s Socorro factory complex to officially announce the expansion. The complex is not far from Interstate 10 and Eastlake Boulevard in far East El Paso County.
Wiwynn already employs 1,330 people
in its manufacturing complex in the Socorro Logistics Center industrial park, Joseph Hsu, the El Paso-based general manager of Wiwynn’s North American operations, told the Socorro City Council Thursday night after the council approved an incentives agreement for the company’s expansion.
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No details of that agreement were provided during the livestreamed meeting after the council discussed it in a closed executive session.
El Paso County Commissioners Court Aug. 17, approved $4.1 million in tax breaks for the expansion, with requirements that Wiwynn invest $246.5 million and create 2,000 jobs over a five-year period, according to information presented at its meeting. The average wage is projected to be $23.95 per hour.
The county and Socorro previously agreed in 2025 to provide a total of $3.28 million in tax breaks and job-training grants to WiWynn for the first phase of its Socorro complex.
Wiwynn in June 2025 announcedit would open a manufacturing complex in two large industrial buildings in the Socorro industrial park and committed to hiring about 500 people.
Wiwynn bought one building at 9220 Socorro Logistics Lane for $59.6 million and is leasing an adjacent building at 9250 Socorro Logistics Lane for $71 million over 10 years, according to information released in 2025.
The El Paso complex has already produced 1,000 new data-center servers, Hsu told county commissioners.
This is a developing story that will be updated.
Vic Kolenc may be reached at 915-546-6421;vkolenc@elpasotimes.com; @vickolenc on X, and @vkolenc.bsky.socialon Bluesky.
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