Celestica expands Richardson footprint, adds nearly 2,300 jobs

Richardson landed another major corporate win as Celestica committed to a much larger footprint in the city, adding nearly 2,300 jobs and deepening its presence at the former Fujitsu campus on Telecom Parkway. The expansion brings the company to about 1 million square feet in Richardson and ties one of the city’s best-known tech corridors to a long-term manufacturing and engineering investment.

Under the plan, Celestica will renew leases at two existing buildings and add a new 343,000-square-foot lease at 2801 Telecom Parkway, with the new agreement running through 2036. The city said the project will retain nearly 400 existing jobs while creating nearly 2,300 new permanent positions over the next two years, a mix that points to growth in manufacturing, supply-chain and engineering work rather than a simple office shuffle.

Celestica also said it expects to invest about $300 million in capital improvements over the next two years. Richardson approved a $3 million tenant-improvement grant to help support the expansion, underscoring how aggressively the city is competing for large-scale technology employers that can anchor payrolls and property use for years. Celestica’s own annual report said revenue grew 28% in 2025 to $12.4 billion.

The move fits the company’s core business. Celestica describes itself as a technology leader focused on design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and platform solutions, with work tied closely to data center infrastructure for AI, cloud and hybrid cloud systems. City officials said the expansion strengthens Richardson’s advanced-manufacturing workforce and technology-based employment base, and Celestica said the larger campus will help it grow those capabilities while leveraging the city’s tech-oriented infrastructure and talent pool.

Richardson has long marketed itself as a North Texas technology center, and the latest deal reinforces that identity. The city says more than 88,000 people work in Richardson each day, and the Telecom Corridor remains one of the region’s most important employment districts. The former Fujitsu site at 2801 Telecom Parkway has already been repositioned for new advanced manufacturing and technology users, giving the campus a second life in the same sector that helped build the corridor in the first place.

The Celestica expansion also comes as other telecom-related companies keep reshaping their Richardson footprint. In October 2025, 1Finity Americas, formerly Fujitsu Network Communications, announced a headquarters consolidation at Galatyn Commons that included a 12-year lease, at least $13 million in tenant improvements, and at least 500 full-time jobs retained or created. Together, the moves show Richardson still has the leverage to attract major corporate real-estate commitments when companies want access to talent, long leases and a proven technology base.