Why did Intel pick Ohio instead of Oregon for $20 billion expansion?

Intel is investing big money into a chip manufacturing facility in the Midwest. This has some people wondering, why not Oregon?

PORTLAND, Ore. — Intel is investing $20 billion on a massive chip manufacturing facility in the Midwest. This has some people wondering, why not Oregon?

The new 1,000-acre campus, located near Columbus, Ohio, will feature two chip making plants. It will create about 7,000 construction jobs and once the plants are built, they will have about 3,000 full-time employees.

President Joe Biden called it “one of the largest investments in semiconductor manufacturing in American history.” 

Over time, the location could grow

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