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Re:Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas by msisk6 on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @12:56PM (#29332906)
The ERCOT campus has their own generation capability along with sitting between two distribution grids. Same with their DR site in Bastrop. In the case of a black start condition (grid totally down), ERCOT would need to come up first to coordinate the grid restoration.

Taylor is an ideal place for a large manufacturing operation since it's close to major highways and railroads, not too far from Austin, and land is very cheap.

Re:Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas by geoffcline on Thursday November 25, 2021 @12:08AM (#29338391)
> land is very cheap

*was

I'm between Taylor and Austin (Bagdad Rd, Leander). 1 acre lots along this strip have gone from ~$115k a year ago, to some recent sales at ~325k.