King Yuan Says $1.3 Billion Texas Chip-Testing Plant Stays on Schedule

King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) General Manager Gauss Chang said the company’s planned $1.3 billion Fort Worth facility remains on schedule, advancing a U.S. chip-testing site toward high-volume production as early as April 2027.

The facility would bring some backend testing to Texas. This stage checks finished semiconductors before they ship to customers, and the work has historically been concentrated in Asia, particularly Taiwan. A Texas site would put part of that testing closer to U.S. customers.

Chang said the timeline had not changed amid concerns that a shift in congressional control after the U.S. midterm elections could alter AI policy. The project’s high-volume production target is April 2027 at the earliest.

The planned site spans 27 acres and is expected to include a 507,000-square-foot facility. KYEC has acquired land and begun procuring equipment. The land purchase was $79.35 million for a 1.18 million-square-foot parcel that includes about 489,500 square feet of existing buildings.

On Oct. 29, KYEC’s U.S. subsidiary AeternZ approved about $614 million in purchases tied to the Fort Worth site. The approvals included land and a building, about $349 million in facility equipment from TRANTEK, and testing machines from three suppliers. The site purchase approvals followed KYEC’s record $1.45 billion in capital expenditures for 2026, with $614 million approved for U.S. investment.

NVIDIA announced plans to provide KYEC with a $1.1 billion advance to reserve semiconductor-testing capacity in the United States. The plan directs the advance toward new facilities and equipment; it describes planned capacity rather than completed output. The advance plan was announced Oct. 21.

Fort Worth approved tax incentives for the plant tied to its hiring plans. The company is expected to add at least 630 full-time jobs before 2032, with average salaries above $80,000. The next stated milestone for the project is its high-volume production target in April 2027.