US Chip Fabs Face 157,000-Worker Shortfall as AI Labs Drain Same Talent Pool

America is building the most expensive and consequential industrial infrastructure in a generation — and is on track to not have enough people to run it. A landmark joint analysis by McKinsey & Company, the SEMI Foundation, and the National Science Foundation projects that the US semiconductor industry faces a shortfall of up to 157,000 workers by 2030.