Several hundred employees began working at the factory in November, readying the plant to kickstart production by the end of this year.
Construction continues on Samsung's new plant near Taylor on Oct. 16, 2025. The company recently confirmed that the facility’s first chips are expected to roll off the production line later this year. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman)
- Samsung has begun limited operations at its new chip manufacturing plant in Taylor, with the first chips expected to be produced by the end of the year.
The company confirmed that the facility’s first chips are expected to roll off the production line later this year. Several hundred employees have already been working at the still-under-construction site since November.
Announced in 2021, the multibillion-dollar plant is part of Samsung’s broader effort to expand semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. The project ranks among the largest private investments in Texas history, and the South Korean company is expected to become the Taylor area’s largest employer.
The plant was originally slated to begin operations by the end of 2024, with construction largely completed by late 2025. Those timelines have since slipped, with full-scale production now not expected until 2028.
Even so, the company said the Taylor site will begin manufacturing semiconductors by the end of 2026.
Samsung has secured temporary certificates of occupancy for the site covering about 88,000 square feet of the plant's first building. The company has already built about 4 million square feet of space, including a six-story office building.
Last year, Samsung announced its first public customer for the Taylor plant: Austin-based electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. Under a $16.5 billion agreement, Samsung will manufacture Tesla’s next-generation artificial intelligence chips through 2033.
Samsung's plant near Taylor seen during construction on Oct. 16. Overall, the company has constructed about 4 million square feet so far, including a six-story office building. (Aaron E. Martinez/Austin American-Statesman)
While limited operations to prepare the facility for production have begun, Samsung is still building the expansive complex rising on about 1,200 acres of former farmland in Williamson County.
According to agreements with the city of Taylor, Samsung's build-out is supporting between 6,500 and 10,000 construction jobs. The site is expected to create 1,800 permanent jobs once fully operational, with that number expected to grow as additional factories are built on the site.
The project secured $4.75 billion via the CHIPS Act and Science Act, a federal program signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022 to encourage semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S., though the funding has not yet been disbursed. In the fall, Samsung's site also received $250 million from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund.