Intel to invest $20 billion in new chip factory in Ohio

Intel’s upcoming chip factory in the US may be located in Ohio. American media report that. Intel previously reported that it has plans for a new chip factory in the US, in addition to the two fabs currently being built in Arizona.

Cleveland.com in Oregon Live claim that Intel’s new manufacturing facility will be built in New Albany, a town near Ohio’s capital Columbus. Volgens The Colombus Dispatch An area of ​​3,190 acres will be cleared for the site, which equates to 1,291 acres. Intel previously reported that it wants a location in the US where it can set up multiple factories in the long term.

According to American media, the company will initially invest $ 20 billion in the new production location, but further financial details are unknown. In addition, 3000 employees are expected to work. These investments will probably be expanded in due course. Intel previously reported that in the longer term it wants to invest 60 to 120 billion dollars in a new, unannounced US production site and that this should create 10,000 direct jobs in the future. Intel has not yet confirmed that that location will be in Ohio, but the company is expected to make an official announcement soon, according to American media.

Intel has been talking about the arrival of a new chip production location in the United States for some time. The company previously said it wants “a small town” with multiple factories. The company spoke about six to eight ‘fab modules’, which should focus, for example, on producing chips on ‘leading-edge’ nodes, but also the packaging of chips with techniques such as EMIB and Foveros.

In addition to the alleged Ohio location, Intel already started construction last year two new chip factories in the US state of Arizona. Those factories must, among other things, produce chips on the Intel 20A node. In addition, part of the production capacity would be reserved for external customers; Intel indicated in March that it will also produce chips for other companies.

Also outside the US, Intel plans to expand; among other things, the company wants to set up a large production location in the EU. The company would announce its location in 2021, but has not yet done so. According to anonymous sources from Bloomberg Intel wants to build a chip factory in Germany, set up a research and design department in France and build a testing and assembly division in Italy, although this has not yet been confirmed.

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