General Electric Co. broke ground Tuesday on a new advanced manufacturing facility at its Greenville, S.C. gas turbine plant.

The company plans to spend $400 million over the next 10 years. The facility, which will open next year, will employ 80 people.

GE’s Power & Water division is based in Schenectady, where GE also has its renewable energy headquarters, a steam turbine factory and a battery.

The new facility will be used by GE to make prototype equipment such as wind turbines, heavy duty gas engines and other equipment.

It’s unclear if GE also considered Schenectady for the new site.

GE has about 3,000 employees in Greenville.