Gargantuan win for Ohio. The plant itself is amazing but the support/supplier industry it brings will be tremendous.

Honda has had two manufacturing plants in central Ohio for decades and 3-4 times as many people employed by the suppliers that popped up in the state than there are direct employees. Obviously the support/supply chain for Intel will be vastly different and won't be moving as much mass but it may make up for it in avg skillset and commensurate salary.

Smart move. Ohio has a well diversified economy and they really standout among rust belt states.

I read semiconductor plants need a lot of freshwater. It is confusing why Arizona is receiving so much investment in fabs. The entire west is lacking in water. With the exception of the Seattle area; there isn't a city out West that doesn't have a major water concern.

Meanwhile the Great Lakes have the largest bodies of freshwater in the world.

Second largest, even collectively. Lake Baikal is REALLY deep.

I'm not on my main system right now but I remember some papers that said they require a lot of water to start but they recycle a lot of it.