BY APRIL KELLEY & HALEY MCLEOD
Samsung plant to begin some operations by July Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell announced at a Commissioners Court meeting Feb. 6 that the Samsung Austin Semiconductor fabrication plant in Taylor will begin operations by July. The big picture During a recent trip to Seoul, South Korea, Gravell said he met with the chief nancial ocer of Sam- sung Worldwide, conrming details regarding the timeline for operations and manufacturing to begin at the Taylor facility. Gravell said the Taylor plant will begin receiving employees no later than July 1, with manufacturing beginning within that time frame. Construction crews have also already started pouring the foundation for the second semicon- ductor fabrication plant, or fab, in Taylor, Gravell said. Combined, the two Samsung fabs will total 11.4 million square feet.
County against groundwater annex On Jan. 9, Williamson County Commis- sioners voted to not support a petition to annex parts of Williamson County to a neighboring conservation district. The gist The Aquifer Conservation Alliance, a group formed by Williamson County residents, reled a petition Sept. 6 with the Clearwater Underground Water Conserva- tion District in Bell County. The petition, which was previously submitted in March 2023, requests to annex the western half of Williamson County into the CUWCD to manage use of the Trinity Aquifer. However, Williamson County ocials chose not to support the petition, as Bell County would retain a majority of the district board members.
“Other than New York and Los Angeles, the most well-known city in the Republic of Korea was the city of Taylor,
Texas. We had a positive meeting with the CFO for Samsung Worldwide.” BILL GRAVELL, WILLIAMSON COUNTY JUDGE
The framework Comments from the judge came after various reports of a possible delay at the Samsung plant. In response, WilCo economic leaders have pushed back. Dave Porter, executive director of the William- son County Economic Development Partnership, said in January the reports were “not true.” “Somebody mentioned at a conference that mass production would begin in 2025, and that’s always been the case,” he said. “They always said we were open to start testing products ... in 2024, and ... we’ll start mass production in 2025. That’s still on track.”
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