# X-Fab to modernize and expand silicon carbide fab in Lubbock, Texas

The U.S. Department of Commerce signed a preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $50 million in direct funding to X-Fab for the modernization and expansion of its existing silicon carbide fab in Lubbock, Texas, creating up to 150 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-12-10
- Where: Lubbock, Texas, United States
- Value: $50.0M
- Jobs: 150
- Status: announced
- Products: silicon carbide semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [X-FAB](https://endata.com/companies/70233.md)
- [U.S. Department of Commerce](https://endata.com/companies/74718.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [dfecho.com](https://dfecho.com/biden-harris-administration-announce-preliminary-terms-with-coherent-skywater-and-x-fab-to-advance-us-supply-chain-security), 2024-12-10: "The proposed investment in X-Fab would support the modernization and expansion of its existing silicon carbide fab in Lubbock, Texas and is expected to create up to an estimated 150 jobs."

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