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US government to give $75 million to South Korean company for Georgia computer chip part factory
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Date:2025-04-15 12:50:23
COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — The federal government will spend $75 million to help build a factory making glass parts for computer chips.
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the investment Thursday in Absolics, part of South Korea’s SK Group.
The plant in Covington, Georgia, was announced in 2021. At the time, it was supposed to cost $473 million and hire 400 workers.
The plant will make a glass substrate that is used to package semiconductors. Federal officials say the substrate will enable more densely packed connections between semiconductors, leading to faster computers that use less electricity.
The Department of Commerce said this is the first time the CHIPS and Science Act has been used to fund a factory making a new advanced material for semiconductors. The 2022 federal law authorized the spending of $280 billion to aid the research and manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States.
The technology was developed at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The SK Group hired a former researcher from the university to help commercialize the substrate.
“It is strategically essential that the United States have this domestic manufacturing capacity, and it’s a tremendous opportunity for the state of Georgia to lead the nation in manufacturing and innovation,” U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff told reporters on Thursday. The Georgia Democrat has supported the effort.
SK Group owns an adjoining plant that makes polyester films that can be used on solar panels, in packaging and for other uses. The Korean conglomerate also owns a $2.6 billion complex to make batteries for electric vehicles in Commerce, northeast of Atlanta.
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