In December last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook traveled to Phoenix, stood with President Joe Biden in front of a high-profile factory Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. was constructing and said the facility would produce chips for the iPhone maker. The comments seemed to commit Apple to aid ...
Friend of mine is working on that project, was actually relocated to the US for it, and it is apparently a mess. Among other things, they are apparently really struggling to find anyone who actually wants to work there.
I talked with him about this before, and a big part was because Intel has a big presence there already so a lot of locals have education/experience in working with semiconductors. Which apparently isn’t helping them find willing workers still. I would also wager there are probably tax incentives being given too, that is usually a big motivator for companies.
Friend of mine is working on that project, was actually relocated to the US for it, and it is apparently a mess. Among other things, they are apparently really struggling to find anyone who actually wants to work there.
Why Arizona specifically? Aren’t there better places in the US?
I talked with him about this before, and a big part was because Intel has a big presence there already so a lot of locals have education/experience in working with semiconductors. Which apparently isn’t helping them find willing workers still. I would also wager there are probably tax incentives being given too, that is usually a big motivator for companies.
Tax and some resource regulations maybe. I know that some places got jump-started in some industries because of lax water regulations.