COLUMBUS, Ohio — In President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address, he spoke about the importance of bringing and creating jobs for Americans. 

What You Need To Know

  • President Biden spoke on the need to bring and create jobs for Americans and by Americans during his State of the Union address

  • Intel has brought thousands of jobs to Central Ohio

  • Amazon, LG, Honda and Google are just a few other companies that have invested in Ohio the past few years 

Now that the presidential election is approximately eight months away, he addressed topics that are on the top of many Americans’ minds, including jobs.

Ohio has seen significant job creation, innovation and investments over the past few years. Intel has been of the state’s top investors. Biden visited the site at its groundbreaking in 2022.

Intel has committed $3 billion to the new site in central Ohio and will create about 3,000 new jobs. Construction of the site from start to finish will employ at least 7,000 people. Approximately 92% of the construction workers on-site are Ohioans. 

In Biden’s State of the Union, he outlined the importance of bringing opportunity back to the states. 

“Instead of importing, importing foreign products and exporting American jobs, we’re exporting American products and creating American jobs, right here in America where they belong,” he said.

As for the Intel project, the first of around two dozen super loads is making its way to Licking County this weekend. It is transporting equipment associated with the future intel semiconductor facilities.

Along with Intel, Ohio has seen record investments from big name companies like Google, Amazon, Honda and LG. 

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