They had multiple fabs in the US making 200mm 8" wafers. They decided to keep just one open in Boston. We were closed because we were surrounded by 3-4 other Intel fabs to which we could transfer. The Boston fab was a stand alone entity. Intel does have 2 fabs in China which make more modern products and cpu chips.

Also, an announcement was made that Intel was going to break ground on a new fab within 5 miles of the one that shut down here in Oregon.