Technology Cluster Details
History has shown that America won its many wars through sheer grit, determination, hard work and most of all, bold, ambitious creativity. We the promoters of this Project propose to win the current technology war against our foreign adversaries by executing the strategy of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 within a prudent economic framework that cultivates America’s greatest strength – its people, to unleash a new era of technological breakthrough, sustainable through the coming ages, supported by robust private – public partnerships and local communities equitably transitioning towards a better economic future.
To date, nine semiconductor and semiconductor-related manufacturing firms are expected to locate to our cluster with a total estimated investment of US$.5.55 billion. Based on the findings from the University of Nebraska’s Department of Economics, the total economic impact from the construction-related investments by our consortia members will create 26,789 jobs and add $2.07 billion to Nebraska’s GDP during the construction phase. The total economic impact from new and on-going semiconductor manufacturing will create 17,402 jobs in Nebraska on an ongoing basis and add $2.71 billion to its GDP. Semiconductor manufacturing operations will add $172.38 million to tax revenue for Nebraska, its counties and local governments.
Our cluster directly advances the economic and national security goals of the CHIPS incentives.
First, regarding the advancement of U.S. economic interest, we believe that the best way to secure America’s commercial future is the creation of a cluster that contains consortia participants with significant semiconductor experience. This proposed technology park will be formed by multiple companies focused on promoting American national security and commercializing advanced technology in the U.S. and understand the pain points present in the modern microelectronics supply chain.
All of the participating members of this consortia understands the critical importance of adopting an approach focused in building a consortia or “cluster” of covered entities to effectuate the goals of the CHIPS incentives that multiplies the beneficial economic effects of government incentives across entire ecosystems, communities, families and individuals (especially those from underserved regions) rather than inuring to just a single company, regardless of its technological prowess.
By aligning their respective interests by organizing this consortia, all companies benefit from collaborating in a way that advances American supply chain resiliency by funneling business opportunities amongst the Cluster Participants. This consortia that act as a group of synergistic companies has a much great chance to succeed by flourishing and growing organically together.
So, the Cluster Participants decided to put our collective lessons learned to collective use and plan to commercialize our respective technology (as well as the technologies, know-how and intellectual property of our collaborators) to innovate new classes of modern electronics products and services through the creation of a consortia or cluster of companies to be located within a world class semiconductor technology park right in America’s heartland.
We call our consortia or cluster Project “Silicon Heartland” to reflect its single mission to help fulfill the objectives of the CHIPS incentives. Project Silicon Heartland intends to connect private investors, our federal government, state, local communities and American workers with leading universities, think-tanks, NGOs and of course, the leading technology companies of America, from vastly different ecosystems and bring them all as a consortia into America’s heartland to ensure our economic and strategic security and resiliency of our critical electronics supply chain.
Second, Silicon Heartland also directly advances U.S. national security interest. Nearly all of the members of our cluster are American focused, have an established track record of obtaining and fulfilling U.S. Defense Department contracts and grants who are united with us in our cause to build an advanced innovative semiconductor ecosystem within U.S. soil, our Heartland. The experience, relationships, credentials, background and their U.S. defense-related products and services significantly contributes to American national security. United in our cluster, Silicon Heartland aims to create a domestic semiconductor supply chain (through the strengths, background, resources and diversity of our Cluster Participants) that will be resilient in the face of supply shocks reverberating overseas, especially from countries of concern.
Our consortia will incorporate energy-efficient infrastructures, renewable sources of clean energy and other carbon-friendly innovations (as explained in the individual proposals of the Cluster Participants.)
Silicon Heartland best implements the intent and strategy of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 because it is structured, by design, as a consortium of public-private stakeholders who together strategically complement each other to achieve what none may achieve alone. Through our diversity, we enhance resiliency, through our proposed workforce development strategy, we enhance America’s communities by offering disadvantages youths in underserved communities hope in their economic future via re-training and technical education. This Proposal aims to show how Silicon Heartland increases administrative oversight and transparency, protects American taxpayer dollars, attracts private capital, creates new technology ecosystems and collaborations, promotes equitable economic transitions within underserved communities and ensures sustainable innovations in our future in an ESG-focused way.