[Texas Instruments spends $30 billion open semiconductor factory in its hometown]Texas Instruments broke ground this week in the town of Sherman, about 20 kilometers north of Dallas, to produce 300-millimeter semiconductor chips. If fully completed, the project is expected to be worth $30 billion. Governor Greg Abbott, who attended the ceremony, described the project as the largest economic development investment in Texas history. Editor/Xing Wentao
On March 19, 2026, Hydropower Bureau 9 won the bid for the main dam project of Huaneng Lancang River BDa Hydropower Station for 3.49 billion yuan. The project is located in Changdu, with an installed capacity of 1.5 million kilowatts and a total investment of 21.684 billion yuan. It is a key cascade power station in the upper reaches of the Lancang River in Xizang.Editor/Gao Xue
The consortium of CNOOC Engineering and Saipem from Italy has won the bid for the Qatar NFPS COMP5 project, with a total contract amount of 4 billion US dollars, and CNOOC Engineering's share exceeds 800 million US dollars. The project is located in the northern gas field, the world's largest single gas field, with a construction period of 5 years, and will build two compressor platforms.Editor/Gao Xue