Wolfspeed picks Chatham County for new facility worth billions
YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL COMPARES
TO OTHERS. AND WE BEGIN THIS
HOUR WITH EVEN MORE BREAKING
NEWS. WRAL HAS LEARNED WILL
SPEAK WILL INDEED BUILD A NEW
MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR
SEMICONDUCTOR FACILITY IN
CHATHAM COUNTY. I'M DAN
HAGGERTY AND I'M DEBRA MORGAN.
THE NEWS COMES AFTER WEEKS OF
SPECULATION AND FOLLOWING
SEVERAL OTHER BIG DEVELOPMENTS
IN CHATHAM COUNTY.
>> WRAL'S CHRIS LOVINGOOD IS
HERE NOW WITH MORE ON THE
DETAILS OF THE EXPANSION.
CHRIS. DEBRA, AND THEN IT'S A
PROJECT THAT COULD BRING 1800
JOBS WITH AN INVESTMENT OF
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. ACCORDING
TO THE STATE BUDGET. SEVERAL
SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE
PROJECT HAVE CONFIRMED TO WRAL
THE PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD.
ANOTHER SOURCE TELLS WRAL AN
ANNOUNCEMENT IS PLANNED FOR
NEXT FRIDAY. IF ALL FINAL
DETAILS COME TOGETHER, WILL
SPEED FORMALLY CREATE IS A
MANUFACTURER OF SILICON
CARBIDE. SEMICONDUCTORS THAT
IS HEADQUARTERED IN DURHAM.
WE REACHED OUT TO WILL SPEED
AND THEY WOULD ONLY CONFIRM
THAT NORTH CAROLINA WAS STILL
UNDER CONSIDERATION, TELLING
US, QUOTE, WE'RE LOOKING AT
EXPANDING OUR CAPACITY AND ARE
SPEAKING WITH MULTIPLE STATES,
INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA, ABOUT
THE LOCATION OF OUR NEXT
MANUFACTURING FACILITY. BUT
WE HAVE NOTHING TO ANNOUNCE AT
THE MOMENT. THEN JUST 2 WEEKS
AGO, WOLF, SPEED SEE WILL FEED
SPEEDS. CEO TOLD WRAL TECH WIRE
THAT HE ANTICIPATED DEMAND FOR
SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS TO INCREASE
AND CONFIRM NORTH CAROLINA WAS
DEFINITELY IN THE DISCUSSION.
THE AN ON BASE CAR MAKER
VINFAST HAS ALSO RECENTLY
SELECTED CHATHAM COUNTY FOR ITS
NUKE PLANT. WRAL'S ERIC WE'LL