18,000 reasons it’s so hard to build a chip factory in America....
- Daniel Montag
- Dec 6, 2025
- 1 min read
(NYTimes, Dec. 3) The computer chip factories rising from an empty expanse of the Sonoran Desert test the concept of immensity. The complex is under construction across 1,149 acres, an area larger than New York’s Central Park. It represents an investment of $165 billion, making it one of the most expensive undertakings on Earth (See link for details).






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