As the US senate prepares to vote on a $50 billion bill to subsidize stateside chip manufacturing, Samsung has lodged an 11th hour proposal to build 11 semiconductor fabs around Austin, Texas over the next two decades, at an estimated total cost of $200 billion.
As
reported by the
Austin American-Statesman, the South Korean semiconductor giant has filed 11 applications with the Taylor and Manor school districts, seeking tax breaks in return for building foundry facilities in the region.
The
documents [PDF], posted on the Texas comptroller's website late Wednesday, outline plans to expand Samsung's operations well beyond the
$17 billion fab already under construction in Taylor, 25 miles north of Austin.
The first of the 11 fabs would be built alongside the existing foundry projects in Taylor, with another ten proposed for Williamson County, each at a price tag of between $12 billion and $21.5 billion. At least 10,000 workers would be employed at the plants.
According to documents filed with the state, the earliest the first of the 11 fabs will come online is 2034 – more than a decade out – and the last is expected to open in the early 2040s.
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