Exclusive: Illinois makes play for billion-dollar National Semiconductor Technology Center – Axios

The U.S. government is poised to award the headquarters of the newly created National Semiconductor Technology Center — part of the bipartisan, $280 billion CHIPS Act — to a region that has proven capability in advanced engineering and manufacturing. Gov. JB Pritzker said he has personally lobbied the White House to deliver the NSTC to Illinois, saying it makes sense to locate the operation near the state's multidisciplinary academic, business and federal assets, including the Fermi and Argonne national labs.