Castelion will leave Los Angeles due to electrical grid and permitting issues
Bryon Hargis · How to Enable a Manufacturing Renaissance · May 1, 2025 · at 5:25
Bryon Hargis is the co-founder and CEO of defense technology company Castelion. He discusses how local power utility constraints in Southern California are driving the company away from LA.
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“This for us is like going to be a reason that, that we will end up not manufacturing in LA.”
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