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Intel confirms €17 billion
fab for Magdeburg, Germany
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel has con-
firmed plans to invest an initial €17
billion (about $18 billion) into a lead-
ing-edge semiconductor fab mega-
site in Magdeburg, Germany.
New R&D and design hub
The giant says it will also establish a new This is an artist’s rendering of Intel’s proposed mega-fab in Mag-
research and development (R&D) and de- deburg, Germany. (Intel)
sign hub in France and expand capacities advanced packaging. With the start of pro-
in R&D, manufacturing and foundry ser- duction in Germany, Intel says it will use
vices in Ireland, Italy, Poland and Spain. our latest transistor technologies
This is the first phase of Intel’s plans to The almost 1,000 hectare area near Mag-
invest as much as 80 billion euros in the deburg in Saxony-Anhalt offers space for
European Union over the next decade up to eight connected chip factories and
along the entire semiconductor value partner companies.
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