In what is being touted as the largest private economic development project investment in Ohio history, Gov. Mike DeWine and Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced on Jan. 21 that the semiconductor manufacturing giant will place two of its fabrication plants in Licking County outside Columbus. A $20 billion project, Intel’s microchip plants are aimed at enhancing the global economy, bolstering national security, and adding thousands of local jobs, DeWine and Gelsinger said. Intel, which has plants in Oregon, Arizona, and now forthcoming in New Albany, near Columbus, plans to build the largest and most technologically advanced plants of its kind in the world. Gelsinger boasted they will transform Ohio into “The Silicon Heartland.” Within the next five years, Intel plans to set up shop and employ 3,000 people at the plants and helping create 7,000 construction jobs. High-tech jobs at Intel will average $135,000 in annual pay to make microchips …