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Originally Posted by speeder
I'm really surprised that it costs that much to build a chip factory. 
Not like it has to be on prime RE and admittedly I am not tech savvy but aren't they just small or tiny chips? Don't they make them in sweat shops in Asia? And how can there be a supply shortage for this long? |
They’re manufactured in clean rooms although I can’t speak to the working conditions.
As far as the buildings themselves, the cost is in the environmental controls. Maintaining a large volume of air at the correct humidity and temperature takes a lot of equipment.
Factor in the speed at which they’re looking to do and they’re probably paying a premium of 25% for that, coupled with the already inflated costs of equipment and materials.
One thing we’ve not been good with in this country is thinking about what we will need.