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 ...
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.
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.