SkyWater Technology Purdue Discovery Park District
West Lafayette, IN. Wafer fab.
SkyWater Technology, headquartered in Bloomington, MN
SkyWater Indiana R&D and production fab
SkyWater planned a $1.8B, 600,000 sq ft semiconductor R&D and production fab at Purdue with 750 jobs; it dropped the project in April 2024 over CHIPS funding uncertainty.
- Investment
- $1.8B
- Jobs
- 750
- Announced
- Jul 20, 2022
- Target
- not stated
- Type
- Wafer fab
- Process or product
- not stated
- Wafer size
- not stated
- CHIPS Act funding
- none on record
Timeline
- Cancellation
SkyWater released its option on the Discovery Park District land and dropped the fab, citing uncertainty over CHIPS funding.
FOX59 - Announced
SkyWater announced a $1.8B R&D and production fab at Purdue's Discovery Park District, contingent on federal CHIPS Act grants.
Business Wire
Sources (7)
- Technology company no longer building $1.8 billion semiconductor facility in West Lafayette FOX59, Apr 10, 2024
- Technology company no longer building $1.8 billion semiconductor facility in West Lafayette FOX59, Apr 5, 2024
- U.S. Foundry Bets on Subsidies to Build $1.8 Billion Fab in Indiana Electronic Design, Jul 26, 2022
- Indiana's economic development momentum continues with state's first microelectronics fab: $1.8B planned investment from SkyWater Technology Indiana Economic Development Corporation, Jul 22, 2022
- SkyWater Technology press release: planned $1.8B Indiana fab (July 20, 2022) Business Wire, Jul 20, 2022
- Chip maker SkyWater cancels plans for Indiana plant, at least for now Inside Indiana Business
- How the SK Hynix project came together, and another fell apart Indianapolis Business Journal
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