More than two years since the signing of the CHIPs Act, funding is finally flowing to some of the mega-projects that the semiconductor bill intended to support.

The Commerce Department calls it a “huge step” in strengthening the U.S. chip supply chain. Earlier this year, it had proposed up to $8.5 billion in grants to Intel.

Central Ohio business leaders are unfazed by the apparent wiggle room in Intel's Chips Act grant agreement on when the fabs open.