Building an EV Campus in Stanton, Tennessee

About an hour northeast of Memphis is the small town of Stanton, Tennessee.

With no stoplights (yet), fewer than 500 residents, and just two diners—Suga’s Diner and The Cannery Café—it might seem like an unlikely landing spot for a $5.6 billion automobile facility.

However, this is exactly where Ford is constructing BlueOval City, which, in their words, will “… reimagine how electric vehicles and batteries are designed, built and recycled – all Built for America.”

A Focus on Sustainability and Scale

At its core, the six-square-mile campus—one of the largest in U.S. history—is a vertically integrated, carbon-neutral, and sustainable ecosystem.

BlueOval City has committed to limiting the use of freshwater to human consumption only. To achieve this, the site includes a dedicated wastewater treatment facility that returns water either to the Mississippi River or back to the assembly plant for reuse. That goal aligns perfectly with ISCO’s HDPE and PE-RT piping systems—durable, corrosion-resistant, and designed for long service life.

A Collaborative Effort

ISCO worked side by side with top general construction contractors and partners, including Walbridge, Yates Construction, JESCO, CSFCO, Magnolia Underground, Gipson Mechanical, FM Sylvan, Lusk Mechanical, and others. The scope required a collaborative partnership across multiple phases to meet the project delivery demands on a site of extraordinary scale.

Why ISCO?

With sustainability, efficiency, and immense scale in mind, ISCO was called upon to provide innovative HDPE and PE-RT pipe solutions for the central utility plant.

Our role included:

• Supplying PE-RT pipe and HDPE fittings from 4-inch up to 54-inch in diameter
• Providing prefabricated HDPE fittings in 42”, 48”, 54”, and 63″ to meet installation requirements
• Designing and providing rapid-repair mechanical saddles kept installation moving
• Delivering a fleet of McElroy fusion machines, including In-Ditch 48, MegaMc® 1236, four TracStar® 1200i, TracStar®900i, three TracStar®630i, two TracStar® 500, a pair of TracStar® 412, a Pit Bull® 14, and Pit Bull^® 26
• Conducting HDPE certification training for contractors
• Maintaining an on-site technical presence and around-the-clock support for over seven months

Building a Future for EVs and Infrastructure Ford’s plan includes 6,000 jobs and production capacity of up to 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) annually. For ISCO, BlueOval City underscores the role of HDPE and PE-RT pipe systems in creating sustainable, large-scale infrastructure projects.