Intel's Next European Fab Rumours Point to Magdeburg, Germany

[TheLostSwede]

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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[FreedomEclipse]

Run on electricity purchased from France

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.

 

[Cutechri]

France better move their ass and build more pylons

We're on it monsieur~

 

[Aquinus]

build more pylons

That's always the solution.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

at least if a story by MDR in Germany is to be trusted.

so unconfirmed speculation? doesnt Intel usually send PRs for something like this?

 

[zlobby]

Why not Wrocław, o, kurrrwa!

 

[Space Lynx]

That's always the solution.
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oh sweet mama, you have done it!

We're on it monsieur~

I watched a documentary on how France does its public water system, its so much more advanced and clean than anything I have seen anywhere else in the world. The French got it right, nuclear and a focus on innovation and encouraging the public to drink water.

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.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

oh sweet mama, you have done it!



I watched a documentary on how France does its public water system, its so much more advanced and clean than anything I have seen anywhere else in the world. The French got it right, nuclear and a focus on innovation and encouraging the public to drink water.

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.

Cheese eating surrender monkeys as i believe some American called them once.

 

[thesmokingman]

It'll take 4 years for the Germans to approve. Just look at how slow going it is for Tesla.

 

[zo0lykas]

Iam sick of this intel news..

Every time intel fart wee see new post, why not announce if they actually do something..

 

[TheLostSwede]

Iam sick of this intel news..

Every time intel fart wee see new post, why not announce if they actually do something..

Sorry, but did someone force you to read the Intel news posts?
If not, I don't see the problem here.

 

[zo0lykas]

Sorry, but did someone force you to read the Intel news posts?
If not, I don't see the problem here.

I read only topic, not bother wasting my time..
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

 

[kiriakost]

I do not care of the site that INTEL will build it new man-less factory.
High tech fab they simply waste resources as is water and electricity, and they do not create new jobs.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I do not care of the site that INTEL will build it new man-less factory.
High tech fab they simply waste resources as is water and electricity, and they do not create new jobs.

If they are creating a FAB in Magdeburg surely that means jobs.

 

[Cutechri]

Cheese eating surrender monkeys as i believe some American called them once.

It's okay, I don't think highly of Americans either. We win the most battles in history but when we surrender once to prevent further damage we're surrendering monkeys...

 

[Deleted member 24505]

It's okay, I don't think highly of Americans either. We win the most battles in history but when we surrender once to prevent further damage we're surrendering monkeys...

Don't worry, me neither. France fought 185 major battles and won 132 (lost 43 and 10 draws) pretty impressive

 

[vechda]

The reasons for Magdeburg may be the proximity to "Biere", where the Microsoft "Azure" Cloud data center is located, one of the backup solutions for "Biere" is a data center complex directly in Magdeburg

 

[TheLostSwede]

The reasons for Magdeburg may be the proximity to "Biere", where the Microsoft "Azure" Cloud data center is located, one of the backup solutions for "Biere" is a data center complex directly in Magdeburg

Hopefully Intel will provide some details as to why they picked Magdeburg when they make the official announcement.

 

[looniam]

Cheese eating surrender monkeys as i believe some American called them once.

your believe is wrong, it was a scotsman.

 

[Space Lynx]

I'm still not entirely sure why my USA tax payer money is being given to Intel as of last years political orders, when Intel seems to have plenty of money at its disposal building factories all over the fucking place.

 

[looniam]

I'm still not entirely sure why my USA tax payer money is being given to Intel as of last years political orders, when Intel seems to have plenty of money at its disposal building factories all over the fucking place.

To combat inflation, Biden tells Congress it must gift U.S. chip industry billions

The White House and semiconductor manufacturer Intel are teaming up to pressure the House of Representatives into passing the CHIPS Act.

fortune.com

“Our announcement today (on the Ohio factory)is motivated by the CHIPS Act,” Gelsinger said on Friday, arguing the bill would tackle the rising costs shouldered by American families by addressing long-term constraints in the semiconductor supply chain. “Now Congress needs to finish the job.”

Intel, which is analyzing similar plans for Europe, also dangled the prospect of spending an additional $80 billion in Ohio in front of state and federal officials in the coming 10 years. To help unlock that though, however, legislators would need to sign off on the $52 billion aid package now.

Intel ready to help Europe achieve its long stated goal of chips self-sufficiency—but it won't come cheaply

Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger has had a whirlwind tour of Europe in recent days, pitching to lawmakers its expertise in building state-of-the-art chips. A new plant would cost roughly $10 billion, he told German daily Handelsblatt.

fortune.com

If Europe is serious about catching up to Asia, Gelsinger reasons, then it’s going to need taxpayers to absorb some 40% of the price tag—as has been the case in Taiwan and South Korea.

“A new fab costs at least $10 billion, and you need two of them on one site to utilize economies of scale,” he told German business daily Handelsblatt in an interview. Otherwise, he concludes, the plant wouldn't be on par with the top production facilities.

cuz other countries pay too. if intel was broke no one would want them.

 

[Space Lynx]

To combat inflation, Biden tells Congress it must gift U.S. chip industry billions

The White House and semiconductor manufacturer Intel are teaming up to pressure the House of Representatives into passing the CHIPS Act.

fortune.com

Intel ready to help Europe achieve its long stated goal of chips self-sufficiency—but it won't come cheaply

Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger has had a whirlwind tour of Europe in recent days, pitching to lawmakers its expertise in building state-of-the-art chips. A new plant would cost roughly $10 billion, he told German daily Handelsblatt.

fortune.com

cuz other countries pay too. if intel was broke no one would want them.

Why can't European tax payers pay some money to Intel too then, in a shared effort? Why does it always have to be my tax payer money helping the world? I once had a French professor tell me the only reason France can afford universal healthcare is because they don't have to spend nearly as much on military, due to USA military always being the protector.

Why is my quality of life worse so others can be better, that's what I want to know.

 

[looniam]

Why can't European tax payers pay some money to Intel too then, in a shared effort? Why does it always have to be my tax payer money helping the world? I once had a French professor tell me the only reason France can afford universal healthcare is because they don't have to spend nearly as much on military, due to USA military always being the protector.

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 . . .

 

[Space Lynx]

?????????
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 . . .

Intel is still a single entity I thought? So any influx of money helps them regardless of where they. Or is it more like how T-Mobile is owned by Germany, but has their own T-Mobile branch in USA and the USA branch has its own management and is separate overall (to my knowledge)... I noticed car companies do this often too...

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.

 

[looniam]

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.

DING! DING! DING!

we have a winner!