Off‑Site Manufacturing (OSM) is transforming the way high‑tech and complex facilities are built. The global offsite construction market is projected to reach USD 205 billion by 2026. By shifting major construction activities from traditional on‑site environments to controlled, purpose‑built manufacturing settings, OSM enables greater precision, improved safety, and faster project delivery. Around the world, Exentec’s specialized manufacturing hubs are supporting the construction industry with modular assemblies, prefabricated components, and integrated building systems that address the increasing complexity of modern projects.
Effective OSM starts with engineering. Simply relocating fabrication off-site does not create meaningful differentiation. Engineering expertise applied early in the project unlocks the real potential of prefabrication and modularization.
Global reach combined with regional expertise
Exentec, a subsidiary of Exyte, works with clients across high‑tech industries to speed up project timelines, manage costs more effectively, and support safer operations. This matters because clients today face rising project complexity, labor shortages, and pressure to get facilities online faster. Exentec’s approach combines standardized design methods, off‑site fabrication, and streamlined on‑site installation to improve consistency and reduce schedule risk. It reflects an ongoing focus on repeatability and predictability that helps organizations bring facilities online faster and with greater reliability.
Jerry Chabot, Exentec Vice President Business Development Modular Solutions
This experience is reflected in the perspective of Jerry Chabot, Vice President Business Development, who has been at the forefront of global OSM innovation for more than two decades. He co-founded specialist OSM provider NEHP (now Exentec) in the US: “Exentec brings construction capability through OSM and smart modular construction. In mission-critical industries, time-to-market is just as important as cost.” Exentec is seeing increasing demand from clients to combine its turnkey offer with aspects of OSM or modularization. “We can scale modular solutions so final delivery is faster, more coordinated and more cost-effective,” Chabot adds. Modular and factory-built approaches are the biggest construction trends due to their speed, cost efficiency, and quality advantages.
Sam Harris, Senior Manager Off-Site Manufacturing
Engineering off-site for the data center market
Exyte’s data center business demonstrates how this engineering led OSM approach works in practice. Exyte’s Global Business Unit Data Centers has been developing a building block design to make data center construction faster, more flexible, and more predictable. Sam Harris, Senior Manager Off-Site Manufacturing, explains: “We develop and build standardized building blocks that we can adapt to different client needs. By ‘building blocks,’ we mean standardized, pre-engineered modules or system layouts that can be adapted to different project demands.” The design shows where key technical systems are positioned within a data hall, and it is then analyzed by Exyte engineering teams and manufactured within an off-site facility. “The module can be shipped out to the data center project site,” Harris continues. “It’s allowing us to take our building blocks, see where they fit and adapt them to specific client requirements.”
The data center market moves extremely quickly. Modular/offsite methods are becoming mainstream due to speed, quality consistency, and cost reduction. Exyte is responding to this dynamism in the market by first focusing on the core elements which are universal across most data center projects. These core elements typically include repeatable mechanical, electrical, and structural systems, ideal candidates for offsite manufacturing. The standardized blocks allow to complete roughly 80 percent of the design upfront, with Exyte then adapting the base design to suit the project in question. Speed is key. Faster engineering and pricing of these building blocks significantly reduces response times for clients and accelerates project kickoff.
Improving site operations through OSM
By moving aspects of the building process away from the construction site and into a controlled factory manufacturing and pre-assembly environment, there is ultimately a high level of true "plug and play" integration. This results in higher and more consistent quality, lower waste and emissions, and significantly faster installation times. Safety performance on construction sites also benefits from OSM. Industry analyses show that modular construction can reduce material waste by up to 90 percent. It also creates new opportunities to install complex systems in areas with tight or difficult-to-access spaces. OSM is becoming a strategic differentiator across high-tech industries where speed, predictability, and reliability matter most. Exyte and Exentec are positioned to deliver it at global scale.
Engineering Southeast Asia’s next phase of industrial growth
Southeast Asia is emerging as a key region for advanced manufacturing and digital infrastructure. With Nixyte, Exyte and JGC combine global engineering expertise with strong regional execution to support fast‑tracked, complex projects across the region. From data centers to high‑tech industrial facilities, the joint venture connects global standards with local delivery to meet growing demand for speed, reliability, and certainty.
Across high‑tech manufacturing, data infrastructure and life sciences, Exyte works at the point where ideas meet reality. Engineering what’s next means translating emerging technologies into environments that operate reliably and adapt to changing requirements. It is about creating solutions that are ready for what clients need now, and resilient enough for what they will need tomorrow.
