TOKYO, June 8 (Reuters) - Panasonic Holdings ( PCRFF ) said

on Monday it plans to start mass production of battery cells for

data centre applications at a plant in the U.S. state of Kansas

in the financial year 2028, which ends March 2029.

Here are some details:

* The company said it would allocate about 350 billion yen

($2.18 billion) of its previously announced 500 billion yen

investment in AI infrastructure over fiscal 2026-2028 to its

Energy unit, which supplies Tesla, and 150 billion yen

to its Industry segment.

* Panasonic Energy also plans to build a third plant in

Mexico with mass production scheduled for the fiscal year 2027.

* Panasonic Energy CEO Kazuo Tadanobu said the unit's 950

billion yen sales target for data centre-related energy storage

systems in the 2028 financial year was a "minimum commitment",

adding that the business would aim to lift sales to more than 1

trillion yen.

($1 = 160.1900 yen)