<story><title>Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas</title><url>https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/samsung-plans-17-billion-chip-plant-in-taylor-texas/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bell-cot</author><text>This...but did Samsung quietly negotiate a &amp;quot;any further energy supply f*ck-ups are 100% on YOUR dime&amp;quot; deal with the State of Texas, or what?  By several accounts, the TX grid got darn close to collapse last winter - at which point &amp;quot;ERCOT Op Center is next door, and we get top priority&amp;quot; would not get you a single erg.</text></item><item><author>josaka</author><text>After the TX grid failure last winter, it&amp;#x27;s probably not a coincidence that Samsung&amp;#x27;s new facility will be near ERCOT&amp;#x27;s operation center in Taylor, which manages the TX grid, and will likely be the last load to shed when the grid&amp;#x27;s stressed. Used to work in the Austin fab, and the amount of money lost per minute in a power failure is mind boggling.  The tax breaks Taylor offered ($314m) are not that different from what Samsung was reported to have lost due to the grid failure ($270m).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jkestner</author><text>The going deal is, if there’s a power failure, we’ll let you recoup your costs from the taxpayers even as you profiteer. The governor can be bought for a very affordable $1 million. Certainly the incentives are aligned to solve this problem!  &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.texasobserver.org&amp;#x2F;after-kelcy-warrens-energy-transfer-partners-made-billions-from-the-deadly-texas-blackouts-he-gave-1-million-to-greg-abbott&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.texasobserver.org&amp;#x2F;after-kelcy-warrens-energy-tra...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Samsung plans $17B chip plant in Taylor, Texas</title><url>https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/samsung-plans-17-billion-chip-plant-in-taylor-texas/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bell-cot</author><text>This...but did Samsung quietly negotiate a &amp;quot;any further energy supply f*ck-ups are 100% on YOUR dime&amp;quot; deal with the State of Texas, or what?  By several accounts, the TX grid got darn close to collapse last winter - at which point &amp;quot;ERCOT Op Center is next door, and we get top priority&amp;quot; would not get you a single erg.</text></item><item><author>josaka</author><text>After the TX grid failure last winter, it&amp;#x27;s probably not a coincidence that Samsung&amp;#x27;s new facility will be near ERCOT&amp;#x27;s operation center in Taylor, which manages the TX grid, and will likely be the last load to shed when the grid&amp;#x27;s stressed. Used to work in the Austin fab, and the amount of money lost per minute in a power failure is mind boggling.  The tax breaks Taylor offered ($314m) are not that different from what Samsung was reported to have lost due to the grid failure ($270m).</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throw0101a</author><text>&amp;gt; erg&lt;p&gt;For anyone wondering, this is a unit of energy (100 nJ):&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Erg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Erg&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>