Wolfspeed John Palmour Manufacturing Center for Silicon Carbide (JP)
Siler City, NC. Materials.
Wolfspeed, headquartered in Durham, NC
Siler City SiC wafer facility
Silicon carbide wafer plant in Siler City planned at $5B and 1,800 jobs; it began operations in June 2024 with the full buildout unfinished, and a non-binding CHIPS PMT shared with New York was never finalized.
- Investment
- $5B
- Jobs
- 1,800
- Announced
- Sep 9, 2022
- Target
- 2030
- Type
- Materials
- Process or product
- Silicon carbide wafers (200mm footprint)
- Wafer size
- 200mm
- CHIPS Act funding
- Shared with other sites (preliminary terms)
Timeline
- Update
Wolfspeed emerged from Chapter 11 after a restructuring that cut debt about 70%, with no CHIPS funds received.
Carolina Journal - Update
Wolfspeed filed for Chapter 11 after a June 22, 2025 restructuring support agreement, per Bondoro.
Bondoro Insights - Update
Wolfspeed announced 73 layoffs at its Siler City materials factory, effective August 9, 2025.
Carolina Journal - Funding
Commerce and Wolfspeed signed a non-binding PMT for up to $750 million, shared between Siler City and the Mohawk Valley fab.
SEC / Wolfspeed - Production start
Bondoro reports the Siler City facility began operations in June 2024, projected to enable a more than tenfold increase in materials production capacity.
Bondoro Insights - Construction milestone
Wolfspeed held a topping-out ceremony for the JP facility.
Business Wire (Wolfspeed press release) - Announced
Wolfspeed announced the Chatham County, NC SiC materials facility, with phase one estimated at $1.3B.
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Sources (13)
- CHIPS Program Office Awards (listing, page last updated 2026-08-06) NIST CHIPS for America, Aug 6, 2026
- Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities Funded by the CHIPS Act: Project Status and Considerations for Congress (R49031) Congressional Research Service, Jul 14, 2026
- Wolfspeed gets nearly $700M tax refund after bankruptcy Carolina Journal, Dec 4, 2025
- Wolfspeed company overview (published 2025-07-01, modified 2025-08-23) Bondoro Insights, Jul 1, 2025
- WOLFSPEED, INC. - Form 8-K - FY2025 (exhibit 99.1, disclosure statement for prepackaged Chapter 11 plan) SEC EDGAR (Wolfspeed Chapter 11 disclosure statement exhibit), Jun 27, 2025
- Wolfspeed layoffs at its Siler City materials factory Carolina Journal, Jun 12, 2025
- Durham-based Wolfspeed to file for bankruptcy within weeks Carolina Journal, May 21, 2025
- Wolfspeed Secures $750M Funding Under CHIPS Act to Boost US Silicon Carbide Production everything RF, Oct 18, 2024
- Wolfspeed press release (Form 8-K exhibit 99.1) on CHIPS preliminary memorandum of terms, 2024-10-15 SEC / Wolfspeed, Oct 15, 2024
- NIST CHIPS for America page: Wolfspeed preliminary memorandum of terms (Siler City) NIST CHIPS for America, Oct 15, 2024
- Wolfspeed Tops Out World's Largest Most Advanced Silicon Carbide Facility Alongside Senator Thom Tillis Key Officials Business Wire (Wolfspeed press release), Mar 26, 2024
- Wolfspeed selects North Carolina for world's largest silicon carbide materials facility Wolfspeed, Sep 9, 2022
- Wolfspeed to advance two semiconductor plants with $750M in federal funding Engineering News-Record
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