I mean, everyone has been crying and whinging for years, decades even, that the USA needs to ramp up semiconductor fabrication in case shit goes south in Taiwan. We are finally getting some domestic production power and we're getting outraged by the traffic delays? America will sink itself because of our people's own addiction to comfort and complaining about any slight to that comfort.

Yep, the fab plant is a little east of Columbus (just south of where I live actually). This is one of like 2 dozen "super loads" that has to make its way from the Ohio River up to the plant. I swear there is a website somewhere that keeps track of when the are coming, the routes they take, and the closures involved but my Google-fu is failing me now.

Slightly less good for the people of Taiwan.

Thanks, Biden

The bigger news here is something from his administration is coming to fruition that creates American jobs and reduces foreign dependency on a major commodity for both civilian and military applications.

True. That's definitely a fact / good thing that's getting overlooked.

Not sure if this image from the DOT is actually of this specific shipment because I found this image from April when they moved the eighth part and it's less that half the weight. Here's a two minute video of it.

About 4,000 washing machines.

Well a football field is 57,600 sq ft, and a cubic foot of dirt weighs between 110-140 lbs depending on composition. That means that an average football field at a depth of one foot weighs around 6,912,000 lbs.

This thing weighs 916,000 lbs. So it is 0.1325231481 football fields.

Or, historically, when you’re building a new factory, the first thing you do is build a rail connection right next to it

Why didn't the transformers just drive themselves? Or better yet turn into airplanes?

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Yes, but that is long past an actuall transistor size and just a marketing term.

Road closures for oversize loads always cost money, sometimes on a per minute basis

I'm assuming the transport accommodations are part of the perk package (for lack of a better way to put it)

I have no insight into this particular plant, but in most big investments like this, the company is usually in talks with several locations negotiating for the best tax breaks, permitting accommodations, etc under the promise that it will bring skilled jobs to the area.

Basically, it's seen as an investment both from the company and the location's points-of-view.

Intel will be paying people to build and work at the factory. Highly skilled labor that can't be shipped overseas easily. It will also likely bring other companies to the area because of access to those highly skilled workers. The state will likely make more a lot more back in taxes and economic growth than the cost of the transports.

The investment in public infrastructure is not only for you to use on your car. Part of it is enabling the industrial growth of the region.

If every company had to build its own infrastructure, why are they paying taxes?

It would be a huge waste to have that much one-time infrastructure.

It was a 280 foot trailer but due to Moore's law, it has undergone multiple shrink cycles while still maintaining 280 feet worth of storage inside.