06/12/25
JetZero has announced a $4.7 billion investment for a production facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, with plans to create more than 14,500 jobs.
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EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (June 12, 2025) –
JetZero has announced a $4.7 billion investment for a production facility at Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) in Greensboro, North Carolina, with plans to create more than 14,500 jobs.
This news stands as the largest job announcement in North Carolina’s history.
The company and the state will work closely together to create customized workforce development and training programs, including through North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and its College of Engineering (COE), which is the nation’s No. 1 producer of African American graduates in engineering and whose Department of Mechanical Engineering offers an aerospace option for undergraduate students.
This fall, N.C. A&T also will enroll its first B.S. in AI students. Th
e only degree of its kind in North Carolina, it offers two concentrations: Advanced AI Systems, offered through the COE, and Applied AI in the College of Science and Technology.