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Intel’s Ohio chip plant has completed installation of its first large-scale truss, marking a new phase of construction. However, overall progress is at least five years behind the original programme.
intel is located inohio The construction of a large-scale chip factory in New Albany has made significant progress. The first large-scale structural truss has been successfully installed. However, progress is actually at least five years behind the original target. At present the market is hungry for advanced chips.
CNBC reported that Intel announced on the 21st that its first large-scale structural truss has been installed at its Ohio plant, which means that the construction of the factory’s underground foundation and basement has been completed, and the next phase of above-ground structural construction can be officially started.
Naga Chandrasekaran, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s foundry business, issued a statement on the 21st, saying, “This represents another important step in the expansion of our cutting-edge semiconductor production capacity in the United States.”
Still, Intel needs customers and orders to pay off this investment. Media reported in September that South Korea’s SK Hynix may cooperate with Intel to lease some factories in Ohio to produce memory chips. However, neither party has confirmed this news yet.
When Intel announced its plans for the Ohio factory in 2022, it was originally expected to start shipping chips in 2025, but the schedule was later delayed and is now targeted for completion in 2030. A second Ohio plant is also planned for completion at the same plant in 2031.
The plant delays reflect Intel’s dramatic adjustment to its chip foundry plans under Chief Executive Officer Chen Liwu.
The Ohio plant is part of Intel’s chip foundry program that it started under former CEO Henry Gelsinger. However, after Chen Liwu acquired Intel in 2025, his strategy became more cautious, he chose to wait for customer demand to emerge before promoting the chip foundry plan.
Chandrasekaran also announced on the 21st that Intel’s next factory in Arizona is expected to start operations in 2028. Intel began mass production of its most advanced 18A chips at its Arizona plant late last year, but Intel has yet to find significant outside customers for these chips.
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Intel has installed its first large-scale structural truss at its New Albany chip plant in Ohio, marking the completion of underground foundation and basement projects, and then construction of structures above ground can begin.
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When Intel announced the plan in 2022, it originally hoped to start shipping chips in 2025, but it has been repeatedly delayed. Now the target has been changed to 2030 and the second factory is expected to be completed in 2031.
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After Chen Liwu took over in 2025, Intel took a more cautious approach, waiting for customer demand and orders to arrive before promoting foundry expansion, reflecting the company’s more prudent approach to large-scale investment.
