{"id":1888066,"date":"2023-03-16T00:27:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T04:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/price-tag-for-new-samsung-texas-chip-factory-soars-over-25-billion\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T00:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T04:30:06","slug":"price-tag-for-new-samsung-texas-chip-factory-soars-over-25-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/price-tag-for-new-samsung-texas-chip-factory-soars-over-25-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Price tag for new Samsung Texas chip factory soars over $25 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprice-tag-for-new-samsung-texas-chip-factory-soars-over-25-billion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1888066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78917034\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Hunter Biden laptop letter signers will \u2018fully cooperate' with GOP investigation, lawyer says\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The lawyer representing ex-intelligence officials who signed the infamous Hunter Biden laptop letter in October 2020 baselessly claiming Russian involvement says his clients will \"fully cooperate\" with the GOP investigation. 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The facility will provide high-tech jobs for 2,000 people and construction jobs for several thousand more once it&#8217;s completed. <\/p>\n<p>There are many leading <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republicans<\/a> For reasons ranging anywhere from job growth to national safety, the plant was enthusiastically endorsed. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Companies like Samsung continue to invest in Texas because of our world-class business climate and exceptional workforce,&#8221; Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/greg-abbott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Abbott<\/a> (R-TX) said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Samsung&#8217;s new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor will bring countless opportunities for hardworking Central Texans and their families and will play a major role in our state&#8217;s continued exceptionalism in the semiconductor industry. I look forward to expanding our partnership to keep the Lone Star State a leader in advanced technology and a dynamic economic powerhouse.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Michael McCaul (Republican from Texas) highlighted the national security implications for the plant. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is imperative to the national security of the United States that we increase our leadership in the future design, manufacturing and development of advanced semiconductor chips,&#8221; He stated. &#8220;Of course, there is no better place for this important effort than the great state of Texas. I am thrilled to join Gov. Greg Abbott and Sen. John Cornyn in congratulating Samsung on its new semiconductor plant in Taylor, which will add thousands of high-paying jobs in the local area and ensure our state is a leader in chip manufacturing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/samsung-chip-factory-25-billion\">The price tag for the new Samsung Texas chip plant is more than $25 billion<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The costs for the new Samsung chip factory in Texas have soared to over $25 billion, up from the originally predicted $17 billion. The skyrocketing costs are mostly due to construction materials such as steel shooting up in price since construction began last year, according to a Reuters report. 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