Samsung considering another Texas location for $17 billion chip factory - document


FILE PHOTO The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul South Korea South Korea October 11 2017. REUTERSKim Hong-Ji

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics has applied for tax breaks to potentially build its planned $17 billion U.S. chip factory in a location in Texas other than Austin, where it has an existing chip plant, according to a document filed with Texas state officials.

Samsung is considering a location in Williamson County in Texas for the chip contract manufacturing facility that would consist of an investment "in excess of $17 billion dollars" and result in 1,800 new jobs, the document made public on Thursday showed.

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