American Steel and Aluminum (ASA), which produces US-made solar foundations, has opened a new facility in Syracuse, New York.
ASA said the opening of the 5,000-square-metre facility, its second in Syracuse, was a response to increasing demand in its key sectors, including renewable energy, data centres and defence, among others.
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It said that the expansion met developers’ demand for locally made steel components amid the rapid buildout of renewable energy and data centre capacity.
“This expansion is a direct response to what we’re hearing from the market,” said ASA president Sam Blatchford. “Our customers in data centres, defence and energy are scaling fast, and they need a domestic manufacturer who can scale with them. That’s exactly what we’re building in Syracuse.”
Earlier this year, ASA entered the PV balance-of-system market with the launch of a foundational solar ground screw. The company said the domestically made component fulfilled the US solar industry’s current demands for local supply chain traceability and was compatible with most tracker and fixed-tilt mounting systems.
Domestic provenance of hardware for solar projects in the US is becoming an increasingly important procurement criterion under Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) rules that came into effect at the start of 2026. These will ratchet up the proportion of domestically produced components a project will need to qualify for tax credits in the coming years, with the aim of reducing reliance on imports and stimulating US production.
