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Samsung plans to invest about 17 billion dollars to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas, amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, cars and other electronic devices.
It is the largest-ever investment by Samsung in the US and will improve supply chain resilience of crucial logic chips.
The investment will bring the South Korean company’s total investment in the US to more than 47 billion dollars since beginning operations in the country in 1978.
The company now has more than 20,000 employees across the country, Samsung said in a Tuesday
statement.
The company noted that the new manufacturing facility will produce advanced logic chips that will power next-generation devices for applications such as mobile, 5G, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence.
The Taylor site will span more than 5 million square metres.
The chip plant will create more than 2,000 high-tech jobs, thousands of indirect jobs, and a minimum of 6,500 construction jobs.
Construction will begin in early 2022 with a target of production starting in the second half of 2024.
The 17 billion dollars in capital investments includes buildings, property improvements, machinery, and equipment.
A Texas Enterprise Fund grant of 27 million dollars has been extended to Samsung for their job creation.
Seoul
Samsung plans to invest about 17 billion dollars to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas, amid a global shortage of chips used in phones, cars and other electronic devices.
It is the largest-ever investment by Samsung in the US and will improve supply chain resilience of crucial logic chips.
The investment will bring the South Korean company’s total investment in the US to more than 47 billion dollars since beginning operations in the country in 1978.
The company now has more than 20,000 employees across the country, Samsung said in a Tuesday
statement.
The company noted that the new manufacturing facility will produce advanced logic chips that will power next-generation devices for applications such as mobile, 5G, high-performance computing, and artificial intelligence.
The Taylor site will span more than 5 million square metres.
The chip plant will create more than 2,000 high-tech jobs, thousands of indirect jobs, and a minimum of 6,500 construction jobs.
Construction will begin in early 2022 with a target of production starting in the second half of 2024.
The 17 billion dollars in capital investments includes buildings, property improvements, machinery, and equipment.
A Texas Enterprise Fund grant of 27 million dollars has been extended to Samsung for their job creation.
