TBF, chip fabs are a pretty bad example because they’re all union-built anyway because non-union contractors never have a low enough EMR to qualify to bid. Union contractors also have a better average base rate in terms of training than non-union contractors, just because every trade union has a uniform apprenticeship program across the US and Canada.
So who builds it? Do you just get together with 40,000 of your friends and go “hey if everyone here chips in a million, we can compete with TSMC”?
Oh no, a challenge. Let’s not even try.
Organizing it through a Socialist government would probably be the easiest.
And complaining about such a tiny challenge is hilarious lmao
There are examples of exactly this occuring regarding renewables, there are community funded battery/solar farms here in Aus.
If it can be done on that scale, it can definitely be scaled up, it’s just a matter of willingness of the community.
TBF, chip fabs are a pretty bad example because they’re all union-built anyway because non-union contractors never have a low enough EMR to qualify to bid. Union contractors also have a better average base rate in terms of training than non-union contractors, just because every trade union has a uniform apprenticeship program across the US and Canada.