Micron and GlobalFoundries are both building new fabs in New York. GF is looking at a new fab in an existing facility at around $1.5 billion. Micron is building

Micron and GlobalFoundries are both building new fabs in New York. GF is looking at a new fab in an existing facility at around $1.5 billion. Micron is building a whole new facility for DRAM production, around $100 billion. Micron is also building a $15 billion plant in Idaho. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/globalfoundries-plans-to-build-new-fab-in-upstate-new-york-in-private-public-partnership-to-support-us-semiconductor-manufacturing-301336481.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/globalfoundries-pla... https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/10/05/fabulous-new-york-state-to-get-100-billion-micron-dram-plant/ https://blocksandfiles.com/2022/10/05/fabulous-new-york-stat... TI just bought $1.5 billion worth of old fab capacity from Micron, too. In other TI news, they're ramping up production in a new 300mm wafer fab now, with the first wafers coming just last month. They're also building four new fabs at Richardson, Texas. https://news.ti.com/blog/2022/09/29/tis-new-300-millimeter-wafer-fab-in-richardson-texas-begins-initial-production https://news.ti.com/blog/2022/09/29/tis-new-300-millimeter-w... Samsung is looking to have a new fab near Austin by late 2023, at about $17 billion. https://www.anandtech.com/show/16483/samsung-in-the-usa-a-17-billion-usd-fab-by-late-2023 https://www.anandtech.com/show/16483/samsung-in-the-usa-a-17... The US government passed the CHIPS Act that invests government money heavily in securing new domestic semiconductor investment. The state of New York and Onondaga County are investing heavily, too. The county is putting $10 million into Syracuse University and $5 million into its community college for research and education around semiconductors.