I always assumed that the job trend would work its way back to the US when automation trumped the masses in factory labor. The problem I see is that we are not doing enough to get ourselves ready for the next generation. Our school systems have been stripped down and do not have enough of the sciences or vocational studies that would allow people to get interested in engineering.
With automation, many of the jobs won't come back with the factory. There will be a few highly-technical positions for the engineers that set up the plant and keep it running, but for the most part it's like building a datacenter as mentioned in the article - $500 million for ~100 jobs.
