<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>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>msisk6</author><text>The ERCOT campus has their own generation capability along with sitting between two distribution grids. Same with their DR site in Bastrop. In the case of a black start condition (grid totally down), ERCOT would need to come up first to coordinate the grid restoration.&lt;p&gt;Taylor is an ideal place for a large manufacturing operation since it&amp;#x27;s close to major highways and railroads, not too far from Austin, and land is very cheap.</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>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>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></comment>