BUILT FOR AI HYPERSCALE · FORNEY, TEXAS
Power rooms and racking, on a schedule that ships.
Switchgear, electrical enclosures, server racking, and structural steel for AI hyperscale data centers. Cut, formed, welded, coated, and assembled under one roof. 1 to 10 weeks while the OEMs quote 44 to 70.
1 to 10 wks
Delivery Lead Time
44 to 70
OEM QUOTE WEEKS
120K sf
FACILITY (+80K BUILDING)
1 Day
DRIVING TO DFW CORRIDOR
ISO 9001 Quality System • UL 508A & 891 (In Process) • AWS D1.1 Certified Welding • NEMA Enclosure Standards • MBE + VBE Certified •
WHY HYPERSCALE BUYERS MOVE WORK TO SLM
Schedule is the product. Everything else is in service of it.
AI capacity is bottlenecked by power room steel, switchgear assembly, and racking. We move that bottleneck. Vertically integrated, no waiting on three vendors, no waiting on a paint shop, no waiting on a panel shop.
Lead Time Compression
1 to 10 weeks on switchgear sections and racking lineups. We protect critical-path schedule for owners staring down COD penalties.
One Roof, One Schedule
Laser cut, formed, welded, powder coated, panel built, and electrically tested in one building. No coordination tax. No "the coater is behind."
Texas Proximity
One driving day to every major Texas data center corridor. Site visits, JIT delivery windows, and field-fit modifications without waiting for a freight lane.
Spec-Aligned Build
Built to UL 508A and UL 891 construction standards. Hi-pot and megger tested. NEMA-rated enclosures. Documentation released with every shipment.
Supplier Diversity
MBE and VBE certified. Counts toward Tier 1 supplier diversity targets without sacrificing capability, capacity, or schedule discipline.
Real Engineering Support
Drawing review, design for manufacturability, and value engineering from the team that actually builds the work. Not a sales engineer reading a deck.
AI DATA CENTERS & POWER infastructure
SWITCHGEAR & ELECTRICAL ENCLOSURES
Power room steel that ships when you need it.
Switchgear sections, electrical enclosures, control panel platforms, and structural steel for power rooms feeding 100 to 500+ MW campuses.
What We Build
Low-voltage switchgear sections to UL 508A construction
Medium-voltage switchgear enclosures to UL 891 construction
NEMA 1, 3R, 4, 4X, and 12 rated enclosures
Bus duct support structures and busway hangers
Control panel back panels and sub-assemblies
Outdoor power skids and modular power room sections
What We Test
Hi-pot and megger insulation resistance
Continuity and torque verification
Dimensional inspection on every section
Full documentation pack released with shipment
Industrial & Commercial Fabrication
SERVER RACKING & STRUCTURAL STEEL
Racking, containment, and rack-adjacent steel.
From custom AI hyperscale frames to cable tray support steel, we build the steel that holds the compute load.
Racking Capabilities
Custom AI and hyperscale server rack frames
Hot aisle and cold aisle containment frames and panels
Cable tray ladder rack support structures
Overhead bus and busway support steel
Wall-mount and floor-mount cabinet enclosures
Co-location racking with custom badge and finish
Finish Options
Automated powder coat in any standard or custom color
Zinc plating, galvanizing, and anodizing through certified outside processors
Engraved or silkscreened labeling to spec
CAPACITY & EQUIPMENT
A real shop. Not a one-laser job shop.
120,000 square feet of production capacity in Forney, Texas, with another 80,000 square feet under construction. $7.3M+ in equipment chosen for hyperscale-grade throughput.
Cutting
Bystronic 15kW and BesCutter 20kW fiber lasers. Two BLM tube lasers running in parallel. Carbon, stainless, aluminum, and copper to 1 inch.
Forming
Press brakes from 40 to 400 tons. Panel bender. Turret punch. Tolerances to plus or minus 0.005 inch on repeat work.
Welding
AWS D1.1 certified MIG, TIG, and robotic welding cells. 15 manual welders on staff. Capital Robotics Fusion Arc 300L for production runs.
Finishing
Fully automated in-house powder coat line. Pretreatment, coating, and cure under the same roof as cut and weld.
Inspection
InspecVision P150.35 optical inspection and Keysense WM6000 CMM. First-article on every new part number.
Assembly & Test
Panel build, sub-assembly, hi-pot, megger, and continuity testing in-house. Documentation released with every shipment.
HOW A HYPERSCALE PROJECT RUNS AT SLM
A disciplined workflow tuned to data center schedules.
From NDA to first shipment in eight weeks or less on representative scopes. Every step owned by a named PM. Single point of accountability.
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NDA & Scope Review
Mutual NDA executed. Drawings, specs, and BOM reviewed by engineering and operations together.
Quote in 48 Hours
Real numbers, real lead times. Commercial terms aligned to the owner or GC's procurement standards.
Pilot RFQ
Representative scope item awarded as a pilot to validate fit before full-program commitment.
Production & Test
Status updates against the agreed schedule. Hi-pot, megger, and dimensional inspection before release.
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Coordinated Delivery
JIT delivery windows aligned to the site schedule. Field-fit modifications handled from Forney within a single driving day.
OUR PROMISE TO DATA CENTER BUYERS
When you call SLM you get a real shop, real craftsmen, and a real schedule. We quote what we can deliver, we deliver what we quote, and we tell you the truth in between. If something goes sideways you hear it from us first, with a plan to fix it.
SMART LASER MANUFACTURING · FORNEY, TEXAS
REQUEST A PROJECT QUOTE
Send drawings. Get a real number.
For data center procurement, EPC sourcing, and GC pre-construction teams. NDA on request. Engineering on the line for drawing-level questions.