Seen here are microchips manufactured by Samsung in a 2018 file photo. Ohio is in the running to land a major computer-chip factory as companies look to bring more manufacturing capacity to the United States, according to sources. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Ahn Young-Joon, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio is in serious negotiations to land a major computer-chip factory, which sources and local government officials have said is planned for the Columbus area.
Details on the planned factory, a response to the ongoing shortage of semiconductors in the aftermath of supply-chain disruptions caused in part by the coronavirus pandemic, are being intentionally kept quiet. But officials in New Albany, an affluent Columbus suburb with a growing number of high-tech businesses, last week approved a preliminary agreement that officials there said could pave the way for 3,600 acres to eventually be developed over the next decade and annexed into the city.
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