With $17 billion in facility-specific investment and 1,800 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). This project also meets AFT's primary-source verification and physical U.S. manufacturing-footprint requirements.
View full methodology →The semiconductors context.
Semiconductor fabrication plants, known as fabs, rank among the most capital-intensive industrial facilities ever built—often requiring $10–$30 billion and several years from groundbreaking to initial production. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 accelerated a U.S. construction cycle spanning advanced chip fabrication, legacy-node production, semiconductor equipment, packaging, and critical materials. These projects create long-term manufacturing footprints while attracting suppliers, infrastructure investment, and specialized technical work.
At a glance
- Company
- Samsung
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Location
- Taylor, Texas
- Investment
- $17.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 1,800
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Nov 23, 2021
- Opening timeline
- Samsung's current target is to begin Taylor Fab 1 operations in 2026, followed by volume production in 2027. These are year-level targets, not a firm operating date.
- Added to tracker
- Apr 15, 2025
Official references
- Samsung's original Taylor advanced semiconductor fab announcement https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-electronics-announces-new-advanced-semiconductor-fab-site-in-taylor-texas
- Samsung current Taylor and U.S. semiconductor investment update https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-electronics-to-receive-up-to-6-4-billion-in-direct-funding-under-the-chips-and-science-act
- Samsung earnings conference: 2026 Taylor operations target https://images.samsung.com/is/content/samsung/assets/global/ir/docs/2025_3Q_conference_eng.pdf
- NIST CHIPS Taylor location page https://www.nist.gov/chips/samsung-electronics-texas-taylor
- Commerce final CHIPS incentives award to Samsung https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2024/12/biden-harris-administration-announces-chips-incentives-award-samsung
- Texas Comptroller agreement: $17 billion Taylor investment and 1,800 FTE jobs https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/development/search-tools/ch380-381/economic-development-agreements-details.php?agreement=0005223