Kansas is pursuing federal funding for a second microchip plant, this time at a location an hour south of Topeka dubbed “silicon prairie,” with the aid of about $371 million taxpayer-funded subsidies. Gov. Laura Kelly announced Monday that EMP Shield plants to invest $1.9 billion in a computer chip manufacturing plant at Burlington’s Silicon Prairie Industrial Park. EMP Shield will create 1,200 jobs averaging $66,000 a year, the governor said. Six out-of-state suppliers are joining EMP Shield, creating an additional 1,000 jobs in Coffey County. Four production lines will produce thousands of microchips a week. Burlington has a population of about 2,600. The governor’s office said bus routes will be established to transport workers from metropolitan areas.
Source: Hutch News
