Fab towns / Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

Intel’s Ohio One site in New Albany is under construction at a slower pace. Plan around 2030, not sooner.

Columbus, OHIntel · New Albany
Fab status
Building
Typical home price
$436K to $637K
Rent
New Albany average about $1,700 to $1,750
Property or income tax
Ohio 2.75% flat above $26,050, plus city tax
Weather
About 28 in. of snow a year (secondary sources, 22 to 28)
Way into a fab job
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Last checked October 29, 2026. Compare with other towns › Intel New Albany: jobs, fabs and housing ›

Pin: approximate, Intel New Albany site

2030–31Intel Ohio fab 1 operations (Feb 2025 plan)
2032Fab 2 operations (Feb 2025 plan)
11Ohio colleges in the tech certificate
~20 miNew Albany to downtown Columbus

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YEAR
2026
BUILD
Build
Fab 1 starts
Second fab
2025Intel spends $1.53 billion in Ohio, bringing total capital spending to $5.26 billion.
2026First major structural truss installed in October.
2030Fab 1 operations start, 2030 to 2031 per Intel’s February 2025 revision.
2032Second fab’s start moved to 2032 in the same revision.

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