$150M Gatorade Plant Is in the Works

VIRGINIA-Gatorade–more specifically, its manufacturing plant–is headed to the State of Virginia now that Gatorade parent company PepsiCo. Inc. has ruled out building the new facility in Maryland or North Carolina. The sports drink production plant, which will also produce PepsiCo’s Propel Fitness Water, will cost $150 million to complete and will create as many as 500 new jobs. Purchase, NY-headquartered PepsiCo reportedly settled on Virginia because of its easy access to Gatorade distribution sites in other Mid-Atlantic states, as well as the state’s workforce pool.

Just where exactly in Virginia the Gatorade plant will make its home has not yet been revealed, as is the case with news on the size of the facility. And while the specific location remains a mystery, Northern Virginia could very well be on the candidacy list because of its close proximity to Interstate 66, a highway that provides a direct link to Interstate 81, which runs through Maryland and Pennsylvania.