‘Implausible’ That EU Now Leads US on Chips Act Funding: Intel CEO
The $52 billion Chips Act incentive package embedded in both the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act and America Competes Act now before House and Senate conferees “has become a bit of a political football,” said Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. “We’ve…
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made it super-clear” to the House and Senate leadership that if the Chips Act funding is not approved, “I will change my plans” to invest $20 billion in Ohio to build two Intel semiconductor fabs on a 1,000-acre campus just east of Columbus (see 2201210041), Gelsinger told a Washington Post webinar Tuesday. The Europeans "have moved forward very aggressively” on a package of incentives for the semiconductor industry that's in "the final stages of approval," said Gelsinger. “I think it’s embarrassing that the U.S. started this process a full year before the Europeans, and the complex, 27-member-state Europeans have moved forward more rapidly. It’s just implausible.” Intel is emphasizing to House and Senate leaders that "there are real-time consequences" if the Chips Act funding "doesn't pass," said Gelsinger. "I will make the decision to delay our project in Ohio. We're going to go ahead in Ohio, but the speed and the size is dependent on U.S. industrial policy to make this happen, and that's embodied in the Chips Act."