New Factories in Texas: 2026 Project Tracker
Every large plant being built or expanded in Texas, $1 billion and up, with company, status, investment and jobs. Checked against sources and updated monthly.
Staffing a new plant?Texas is home to some of the biggest factory projects in the country: Samsung’s chip fab in Taylor, Texas Instruments’ and GlobalWafers’ plants in Sherman, Eli Lilly’s and Bristol Myers Squibb’s new Houston plants and the Golden Triangle Polymers plant in Orange. Our tracker counts 9 active projects in Texas with $120.9B in announced investment, which ranks Texas second by number of projects.
Every row links to the press release, state announcement or news report its figures come from. This page is part of our US new factory construction map.
New factory projects in Texas
Every active plant project of $1 billion or more in Texas on our tracker, largest first.
| Project | Company | Sector | Location | Status | Investment | Permanent jobs | Expected | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Instruments Sherman fabs | Texas Instruments | Semiconductors | Sherman, TX | Producing | $40B | 3,000 | – | Source (2025-12-17) |
| Samsung Taylor fab | Samsung | Semiconductors | Taylor, TX | Under construction | $37B | – | 2027 | Source (2026-03-03) |
| SpaceX Tesla Terafab | SpaceX | Semiconductors | Grimes County, TX | Announced | $16.8B | 3,000 | – | Source (2026-08-06) |
| Golden Triangle Polymers plant | Chevron Phillips Chemical | Other manufacturing | Orange, TX | Under construction | $8.5B | 500 | 2027 | Source (2026-10-19) |
| GlobalWafers Sherman wafer plant | GlobalWafers | Semiconductors | Sherman, TX | Producing | $7.5B | 650 | – | Source (2025-05-21) |
| Eli Lilly Houston API plant | Eli Lilly | Pharma and biotech | Houston, TX | Under construction | $6.5B | 615 | 2030 | Source (2025-09-23) |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Houston campus | Bristol Myers Squibb | Pharma and biotech | Houston, TX | Announced | $2.3B | 500 | 2030 | Source (2026-08-11) |
| MP Materials 10X magnet campus | MP Materials | Steel and metals | Northlake, TX | Announced | $1.3B | 1,500 | 2028 | Source (2026-02-26) |
| Leprino Foods Lubbock cheese plant | Leprino Foods | Other manufacturing | Lubbock, TX | Producing | $1B | 600 | – | Source (2025-01-15) |
– means the source does not state a figure; we do not estimate. Expected is the first year of production. Last updated October 2026. See Texas on the full US map.
New factory investment by county
| County | Towns | Projects | Announced investment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson | Sherman | 2 | $47.5B |
| Williamson | Taylor | 1 | $37B |
| Grimes | 1 | $16.8B | |
| Harris | Houston | 2 | $8.8B |
| Orange | Orange | 1 | $8.5B |
| Denton | Northlake | 1 | $1.3B |
| Lubbock | Lubbock | 1 | $1B |
New factory investment in Texas by sector
| Sector | Active projects | Announced investment | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semiconductors | 4 | $101.3B | 6,650 |
| Other manufacturing | 2 | $9.5B | 1,100 |
| Pharma and biotech | 2 | $8.8B | 1,115 |
| Steel and metals | 1 | $1.3B | 1,500 |
What stands out in Texas
- North Texas is a chip hub. Texas Instruments started production at its Sherman fabs in December 2025, next to GlobalWafers’ new wafer plant, and SpaceX and Tesla have announced a chip plant in Grimes County.
- Houston is adding drug plants. Eli Lilly broke ground on its $6.5 billion API plant in September 2026, and Bristol Myers Squibb has announced a $2.3 billion Houston campus.
- Central Texas has Samsung. Samsung’s Taylor fab is due to start mass production in 2027.
Hiring for new plants in Texas
Texas employers on this map compete for the same process, equipment, controls and quality engineers, so most recruit nationally as well as locally. See where that talent lives in our industrial and manufacturing engineer talent maps for Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio. Apollo recruits engineers across the state, including semiconductor recruiting in Dallas, semiconductor recruiting in Austin and engineering recruiting in Houston.
Each new plant hires in two waves: project, construction, electrical, mechanical and controls engineers while it is being built, then manufacturing engineers, process, quality and maintenance engineers in the year before production starts. Our guide on how to hire a manufacturing engineer covers role types, pay and interview questions.
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New factories in Texas FAQ
How many new factories are being built in Texas?
Our tracker counts 9 active projects of $1 billion or more in Texas, 3 of them under construction, with 10,365 announced permanent jobs. Smaller plants under $1 billion are not included.
What are the biggest new factories in Texas?
The largest active projects on the map are Texas Instruments’ Sherman fabs and Samsung’s Taylor fab. The table above lists every Texas project of $1 billion or more, largest first.
Where are new factories being built in Texas?
North Texas (Sherman, Northlake), the Austin area (Taylor), Houston, the Golden Triangle (Orange), Lubbock and Grimes County. The county table above shows announced investment by county.
How often is this page updated?
Monthly, along with the US new factory construction map. Last updated October 2026.