BusinessWeek
[registration required] reports that Austin and Albany are offering
scads of money for Samsung’s next chip fabricating plant. The company
might add to its 14 plants around Seoul and suggests China is the best
location. The US Semiconductor Industry Association, unsurprisingly, claims that tax benefits and capital grants are essential to landing a fab–90% of the $1 billion cost difference between a plant in the US and one in “Asia.”
Kia, meanwhile, will likely build a new plant in Mississippi, despite the poorly educated workforce and the lack of nationalized health care. (Thanks, Jeff)
