Friday, February 25th 2022
Intel's Next European Fab Rumours Point to Magdeburg, Germany
As we've known for a few months now, Intel is looking at setting up shop, or should that be fab, somewhere in Europe. The company already has fabs in Ireland, but now it looks like its second destination will be Magdeburg in Germany, at least if a story by MDR in Germany is to be trusted. The news outlet claims that the official announcement will take place sometime next week. It's not clear what kind of fab it'll be at this point in time, but hopefully we'll get more details once Intel makes an official announcement.
Magdeburg was apparently not the only location scouted by Intel in Germany, as Dresden was also in the running, the home of the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology among several other Fraunhofer Societies based in the city. Dresden also has twice the population of Magdeburg, which makes Intel's choice somewhat peculiar, as Magdeburg doesn't appear to have any particularly stand-out features that would make it the ideal choice of a semiconductor fab or even a packaging facility. It's possible that Intel chose the location based on the local supply chain, but that's just speculation at this point.
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MDR (in German)
Magdeburg was apparently not the only location scouted by Intel in Germany, as Dresden was also in the running, the home of the Fraunhofer Institute for Organic Electronics, Electron Beam and Plasma Technology among several other Fraunhofer Societies based in the city. Dresden also has twice the population of Magdeburg, which makes Intel's choice somewhat peculiar, as Magdeburg doesn't appear to have any particularly stand-out features that would make it the ideal choice of a semiconductor fab or even a packaging facility. It's possible that Intel chose the location based on the local supply chain, but that's just speculation at this point.
24 Comments on Intel's Next European Fab Rumours Point to Magdeburg, Germany
Because Germany didnt need their nuclear power generators anyway. France better move their ass and build more pylons to support Intels demand for fresh finger licking nuclear power. Those fabs wont power themselves and France always ends up importing electricity from Russia during the colder seasons because everyone turning their heating on just absolutely tanks France's power capacity.
I visited Paris for 4 days, lost one of my eye contacts near the Orange Museum, couldn't see, I am blind as a bat without them, panicked, one middle aged French guy smiled at me like I was a peasant and kept walking, thought to myself it's a shame the French Revolution didn't end his genetics, then I ended up going into a shop, some nice ladies helped guide me to a proper eye doctor, who had to get the contact out as it was shoved all the way up my damn eye.
Anyways, yeah long story short France is more impressive than people give it credit for, minus that one fucking dbag that refused to help me.
Every time intel fart wee see new post, why not announce if they actually do something..
If not, I don't see the problem here.
Sorry for wasting your time to read my reply
Iam not hatter or etc, just a bit to much intel things, intel plans.. Less talk more act
High tech fab they simply waste resources as is water and electricity, and they do not create new jobs.
Why is my quality of life worse so others can be better, that's what I want to know.
did you not read both articles of those or what is there you don't understand? us tax money isn't being used to help anyone in europe, or anywhere else.
i really have no idea how intel building a fab in germany, with german tax payer money, affects you in america . . .
It might be I just don't understand how international things work in corporate world, so I will concede. It's so weird we live in this capitalist society that praises the free markets, but still requires socialist policy to prop it up in many different ways across many different sectors.
To be clear, I don't think 50 billion is a big deal helping Intel, not when you spend 6-7 trillion in less than two years on Covid stuff... lol
would be interesting to see how this 5-7 trillion plans to get paid back.
we have a winner! :)