Samsung to Break Ground on Second Taylor Fab in November, Production Targeted for 2030

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Samsung will reportedly break ground on its second chip fab in Taylor, Texas, this November, with mass production targeted for 2030. DigiTimes, citing South Korea's The Guru, reports that Taylor Fab 2 will span roughly 2.7 million square feet. Samsung also appears to have confirmed the timing at an October 15 event near the site, where Jonathan Taylor of Samsung Austin Semiconductor said construction should start early next month and that Fab 2 will be one and a half times bigger than Fab One. The process for Fab 2 has not been disclosed yet. As background, the first Taylor fab has slipped well past its original 2024 target and seems to be on track this time, with installed tools starting to run processes during staged qualification; Fab 1 uses EUV lithography for Samsung's 2 nm process, with operations planned by the end of 2026 and volume production in 2027. Its best-known customer is Tesla, which signed a $16.5 billion deal running through 2033 covering the AI6 chip, and Samsung is also set to build Tesla's AI5 on 2 nm in Texas. How orders will be split between the two fabs is unknown. Samsung plans to invest over $37 billion across Central Texas, backed by up to $4.745 billion in CHIPS Act funding. Given how long Fab 1 took, the source notes it is reasonable to expect the 2030 target will depend heavily on demand.

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Source: TechPowerUp · 10/16/2026 · View original source