With $11 billion in facility-specific investment and 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
- Texas Instruments
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Location
- Lehi, Utah
- Investment
- $11.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 800
- Status
- Under Construction
- Announced
- Feb 15, 2023
- Opening timeline
- TI's November 2023 groundbreaking release described first LFAB2 production as early as 2026. AFT retains this as an unconfirmed year-level target, not a firm opening date, pending a later TI operational milestone.
- Added to tracker
- Feb 21, 2026
Official references
- TI's February 15, 2023 LFAB2 announcement https://www.ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/news-releases/2023/2023-02-15-texas-instruments-selects-lehi--utah--for-its-next-300-millimeter-semiconductor-wafer-fab.html
- TI's November 2, 2023 LFAB2 groundbreaking https://www.ti.com/about-ti/newsroom/news-releases/2023/2023-11-02-texas-instruments-breaks-ground-on-new-300-mm-semiconductor-wafer-fabrication-plant-in-utah.html
- NIST CHIPS Lehi location page: public subsidy reference, not private fab investment https://www.nist.gov/chips/texas-instruments-utah-lehi
- NIST CHIPS final TI award: national subsidy reference, not additive capex https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/biden-harris-administration-announces-chips-incentives-award-texas