Intel Corp. formally broke ground Sept. 9 on a $20-billion project to build two semiconductor chip manufacturing plants in central Ohio. Company leaders and government officials praised the project as an example of investments to boost domestic chip production after decades of U.S. market share declines.
The project will support about 7,000 construction jobs, said Keyvan Esfarjani, Intel’s senior vice president and general manager of manufacturing, supply chain and operations. In addition to work on the New Albany, Ohio, site itself, the project has already spurred “significant infrastructure” work in the surrounding area, he added.