For those less familiar, Samsung first built Action Austin (nand flash) up in Round Rock about 12 years ago. Taylor is just a bit further north east.<p>The thing I tend to ask, assuming chip factories consume a bunch of water, is how this will impact Central Texas water availability in the decades to come. You already have the worlds largest waterpark in Round Rock, and the older fab. Taylor is likely more associated with the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer rather than Edwards.
$17B - that’s a huge amount of money. I wonder if Intel is sweating a bit with Samsung now 2 states away.<p>I also would like to see if this economic move with Texas will parlay into less patent trolls coming out of East Texas courts.