When Intel broke the ground in a licking county three years ago, the chipmaker said it could potentially go online by 2025, but its aggressive plan for the final Ohio plant is being pushed up again later.
Intel announced its timeline adjustments in a statement Friday, completing one manufacturing plant in 2030 and a second “Fab” in 2031. According to Intel, neither will be online until at least 2031.
“This will never diminish our long-term commitment to Ohio. We have already begun hiring Ohaion, who trains in Fabs in Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon,” an Intel statement read. “Intel is proud to invite Ohio to our home. We are continuing to be excited about the future here.”
Ohio executives and business leaders are pretty confident in Intel despite numerous delays in construction.
Dan Tierney, a spokesman for Gov. Mike DeWine, said on Friday that the administration was “disappointed” by a later date.
“The company continues to tell the state that the fab is complete and chips will be produced. This is a construction delay. The project is moving forward,” Tierney recalls the text.
Jobsohio spokesman Matt Englehart said Intel’s broader commitment “will not change” regardless of market reality. Powerful private companies are pursuing economic projects on behalf of the state.
“We are a flexible partner with the ability to work with Intel to move projects forward on a coordinated timeline, placing Ohio at the heart of cutting-edge semiconductor production, essential to America’s national economic security and national defense,” an Englehart statement read.
The state has already paid $600 million in supervisory grants to tech giants for its central Ohio venture. Intel is currently building a considerable computer chip manufacturing plant in King County.
The Ohio State Department of Development awards these supervisory grants to Intel and as a deadline for 2028 to meet work and investment commitments to the state, according to the departmental agreement.
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