Wolfspeed to build $5B silicon carbide wafer plant in North Carolina

Wolfspeed will invest about $5 billion to build a new facility in Chatham County, North Carolina, to produce silicon carbide wafers for semiconductor chips. The plant is expected to create 1,800 jobs with an average annual salary of $77,753.

“Wolfspeed will invest about $5 billion to build a new facility to make wafers with silicon carbide.”americanprogress.org

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• americanprogress.orgNorth Carolina Wolfspeed Materials Efficient Silicon Carbide Facility - Center for American ProgressWill Ragland, Ryan KoronowskiMar 19, 2024
• businesswire.comWolfspeed Tops Out World’s Largest, Most Advanced Silicon Carbide Facility Alongside Senator Thom Tillis, Key OfficialsMedia RelationsMar 26, 2024

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