Despite requests from Oregon and Intel that the location be in Hillsboro, the Biden administration on Monday granted Arizona State University its third and final national semiconductor research site.
The choice is not shocking. For several weeks, Oregon officials believed that the state’s prospects were dwindling. Late this month, Governor Tina Kotek implicitly acknowledged that when she announced her intention to set aside farmland close to Hillsboro for the project.
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