EconomyThursday, November 5
AESC says it remains committed to its $1.6 billion Florence County battery plant
The Florence Today team
If you've been wondering about the AESC battery plant off Wilson Road, the company says it's still in. AESC remains committed to the $1.6 billion Florence County project, and officials confirmed plans for 1,600 jobs despite a temporary pause.
In a statement to ABC 15, AESC said, "AESC remains committed to delivering on its commitments." WPDE reports the statement gave no construction restart date or updated hiring timeline. Construction at the plant stopped in June 2025.
AESC's paused Florence plant was about 75% complete in December 2025
- $1.6 billion
- in direct investment AESC says it's committed to
- 1,600
- jobs AESC says it's committed to delivering
- 75%
- complete, per local officials in December 2025
- $1.2 billion
- roughly invested as of December 2025
Sources: The Times and Democrat, WPDE
- Training center: $22 million, off Highway 327, construction complete
- Training center use: other companies, while the plant stays paused
- Officials' December 2025 estimate: work could resume in 8 to 12 months
FITSNews reported it's been seventeen months since AESC announced the pause. It also says local taxpayers put another $4.1 million into water and sewer upgrades at the site in July.
AESC's Florence plant has been paused since June 2025
- June 2025AESC pauses construction at its Wilson Road plant.
- Dec. 2025Local officials say the plant is about 75% complete.
- FebruaryA spokesperson says there's no definitive timeline for work to resume.
- July 2026Local taxpayers put $4.1 million into water and sewer upgrades at the site.
- Oct. 29AESC says it remains committed, with no restart date.
Sources: The Times and Democrat, WPDE, FITSNews