Company plans $344 million Georgia factory to make recycled glass for solar panels

Arizona-based Solarcycle said Thursday that it would hire more than 600 workers in Cedartown, Georgia for a factory opening in 2026. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

A company that recycles solar panels announced Thursday that it would build a $344 million factory in northwest Georgia, for the first time expanding to making new glass for panels.

Arizona-based Solarcycle said it would hire more than 600 workers in Cedartown, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Atlanta, for a factory opening in 2026.

The company was founded in 2022 and opened its first facility in Odessa, Texas. Earlier this month, the company opened a headquarters and research lab in Mesa, Arizona, hiring more than 100 people.