Intel

Nearby residents in Licking County had raised concerns about the pollutants in the permit. The permit lists at least eight different toxins and other particulate matter like dust or smoke.

Intel hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking at its construction site in Licking County Friday morning. It’s a billion-dollar investment to build up to eight semiconductor manufacturing facilities.

After months of promises and concerns from local residents, President Biden comes to Central Ohio Friday for the ceremonial groundbreaking on Intel’s massive new Licking County campus.

The state of Ohio is already expanding roads around the new Intel site, a multi-billion dollar computer chip manufacturing plant.

Intel Corp. has set a Sept. 9 groundbreaking date for its $20 billion New Albany operation with President Joe Biden in attendance.

The Ohio EPA is gathering public comment on Intel’s draft air permit for two new plants in New Albany that identifies toxins which could cause health problems if they exceed certain limits.

Ohio's largest-ever economic development project comes with a big employment challenge: how to find 7,000 construction workers in an already booming building environment.

The ceremonial groundbreaking, which had been set for July, had been put off when the CHIPS Act stalled in Congress.

This was supposed to be a week where President Biden celebrated a series of legislative victories. But it was overtaken by news that FBI agents had searched the home of former President Donald Trump.

Intel officials, who want to build a massive chip processing facility in Central Ohio, said passage of that federal bill is crucial for them.