Samsung Electronics close to finalising $17 billion Texas chip plant -sources


FILE PHOTO The logo of Samsung Electronics is pictured at the companys factory in Tijuana Mexico June 1 2019. REUTERSJorge DuenesFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is pictured at the company's factory in Tijuana, Mexico, June 1, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes/File Photo

SEOUL/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is close to finalising the construction of a $17 billion semiconductor factory in Williamson County in the U.S. state of Texas, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

Samsung told Reuters that it is continuing due diligence in multiple locations, and that it has yet to make a decision.

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