SAN JOSE — Antora Energy is expanding its workforce and widening its footprint in North San Jose as the company races to meet demand for its products.
The thermal battery company expanded to a pair of new buildings, a move that enabled the company to more than double its space.
“We are hiring across the board right now,” said Antora Chief Operating Officer Justin Briggs. “Engineers of all kinds, electrical, mechanical, design, and test engineers. We are looking to fill manufacturing jobs.”
The company makes systems and devices that can store energy in blocks of graphite.
“We are seeing unprecedented demand for this type of technology,” said Briggs, a company co-founder. “Industrial electrification, data centers. We are really focused on data center expansion.”
With Antora Energy’s expansion, it has about 101,000 square feet of space in North San Jose, all in the Zanker Road area.
The company had initially occupied a building totaling 50,300 square feet at 2350 Zanker Rd. Recently, the company added buildings in the immediate vicinity. One building totals 26,000 square feet while the other totals 25,000 square feet, according to Antora.
“This expansion means that we can get major projects online faster,” said David Bierman, Antora’s co-founder and chief commercial officer.
Antora says its modular thermal batteries can deliver reliable and cost-effective heat and power for industrial and data center loads of any size.
The company is also seeking to produce its thermal battery storage devices in California and, specifically, in the Bay Area.
“It was a no-brainer to manufacture products in the Bay Area,” Briggs said. “There is a lot of amazing talent for manufacturing physical objects. There are great people here who can do that. We produce everything in San Jose.”