The new operations centres will be opened across seven states – Arizona, California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada and New York – all of them already home to at least one SolarCity office.

SolarCity says that having a larger network will cut its operations costs by shortening the time it takes technicians to drive to sites for system installation and maintenance.

Unlike many solar financiers in the US residential rooftop sector, SolarCity also directly sells and installs its own systems, making it one of the few vertically integrated players in the space.