Samsung closer to picking Central Texas for $17B chip plant

For the better part of a year, Samsung has scoured the United States for a location to build its next-generation semiconductor factory — a $17 billion facility that would create an estimated 1,800 jobs. It would be one of the biggest foreign investments to ever hit the U.S. economy. New public documents show the process has advanced further in a small city outside Austin than anywhere else in the country.