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Arizona has a few major things going for it: - lack of seismic activity - very cheap, flat, easily excavated land - rich history of fab production (see: Moto
by softfalcon 5y ago
Arizona has a few major things going for it:
- lack of seismic activity
- very cheap, flat, easily excavated land
- rich history of fab production (see: Motorola) which provides the necessary city infra, construction groups, supply distribution to build such fabs
- consistently dry climate that despite being hot, is easily controlled for humidity
- numerous tax and subsidy enticements to do business there
- sbierwagen 5y ago>rich history of fab production I would rank this way higher. Clustering fabs together makes it much easier to hire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabricat... Intel, Microchip, NXP, TSMC and Entrepix all have plants in Arizona. As an antiexample, the Bay Area has every negative attribute you could hope to think of for basing a software company there, and yet everyone does it anyway, just for hiring.
- softfalcon 5y agoYeah, my points are in no particular order. Specifically avoided using numbered points for that reason. You’re right in that effective hiring is a major draw.