Its two pillars of strength -- hardware for graphics and for AI in the data center -- have made it the third-largest chipmaker, behind TSMC and Samsung.
Monroe County is finishing a power plant in the unincorporated town of Hannibal that it hopes to use, in conjunction with Opportunity Zones, to attract data centers.
Using a financing method called "securitization," US-based data center operators have been able to raise more money to finance growth than their European counterparts, who primarily rely on traditional bank financing.