Fab towns / Austin & Taylor, TX

Austin & Taylor, TX

Samsung is building a $17 billion fab in Taylor, northeast of Austin. Start-up is close, and volume production is expected in 2027.

Independent research. Last checked October 29, 2026. Every source is linked at the end of the page.

Austin & Taylor, TXSamsung
Fab status
Operating + building
Typical home price
$328K to $329K
Rent
Hutto 1-bed about $1,230 to $1,300, 2-bed about $1,640 to $1,780
Property or income tax
About 1.6% to 2.4% effective
Weather
About 29 days a year at 100°F or more (Austin, 1991 to 2020)
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Last checked October 29, 2026. Compare with other towns › Samsung Texas: jobs, fabs and housing ›

Pin: approximate, Samsung Taylor site

$17BSamsung Taylor project (reported)
Early 2027Mass production likely (Samsung, Mar 2026)
~1,000Staff moving to the Taylor office
2033Tesla AI6 contract runs to

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YEAR
2026
START-UP
Build
Start-up
Mass production
2024About 8,868 construction workers on site (Korea Herald).
2025Construction workers fall to about 6,674 as the build nears completion.
2026Samsung expects about 1,500 employees at Taylor by year end. Fab 2 construction could start in November by one account.
2027Mass production targeted for early 2027 (Samsung, March 2026).

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Samsung Austin is already running. Samsung Austin Semiconductor has operated in Austin since 1996, with more than $18 billion invested by Samsung’s own account. Sources disagree on headcount: one figure says 3,342 employees and another 2,243, so we do not state one. The Taylor fab is the new build.