Although it could be the result on an intentional 'misinformation' ploy, the Kansas City Star is reporting that the company who is floating the $4 billion plant is Panasonic and it would be used to make batteries for electric vehicles:
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the Kansas City Star reported that the mystery company might be none other than Panasonic. The newspaper reported over the weekend that Panasonic has agreements to build batteries for electric vehicles including Tesla and Toyota. If that's true and Kansas wins the race, the plant would reportedly be located outside the city of De Soto.
Kansas is throwing all kinds of money at these guys, and Tulsa is still stinging from having lost Tesla to Austin.
OTOH, Waco is much closer to Tesla and I believe Toyota has a plant in San Antonio, so the logistics would favor someone within Texas, maybe even Waco.