UNDATED (AP) – Samsung said it plans to build a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Texas amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, laptops, cars and other electronic devices.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Samsung announced the project Tuesday. The plant will be located in Taylor, just northeast of Austin.
The chip shortage has emerged as both a business obstacle and a serious national-security concern many U.S. companies are dependent on chips produced overseas, particularly in Taiwan.
Samsung said the groundbreaking will be in the first half of 2022 with plans to be operational in the second half of 2024, and will create 2,000 high tech jobs, along with 6500 construction jobs.
Many chipmakers are spreading out their manufacturing operations, now concentrated in Asia, in response to the shortages.