On April 11, Intel officially started the expansion of its D1X factory in Oregon, USA, with an expansion area of 270,000 square feet and an investment of $3 billion. After completion, the scale of the D1X factory will increase by 20%, and the resulting additional capacity will be Used to help it develop next-generation process technologies. Intel said the upgrade will allow the company to use huge new manufacturing tools to produce advanced chips, a model that Intel will then replicate at other factories around the world.

Intel is headquartered in Silicon Valley, but since the 1990s, its most advanced research has been conducted in Oregon.

To regain its leadership in the chip industry, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger previously pledged that the company will invest $80 billion in new factories in Arizona and Ohio, as well as in Germany, and will invest billions more in chip research.

Intel US expansion map

Ohio

On January 21, 2022, Intel announced an initial investment plan of more than $20 billion to build two new leading chip factories in Ohio. As part of the company's IDM 2.0 strategy, this investment will help increase production to meet growing demand for advanced semiconductors, power Intel's next generation of innovative products, and meet the needs of foundry customers.

It is understood that the Ohio fab complex will be the first new factory Intel has built in 40 years. Previously, Intel's other fabs were mainly located in the western United States, including Oregon, Arizona, etc. The 1,000-acre Ohio fab complex in New Albany, Ohio, just outside Columbus, will be ready to house as many as eight chip factories, Intel said.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said the company will invest more than $100 billion in Ohio over the next 10 years and build six more factories to create one of the largest chip manufacturing bases in the world.

Arizona

In March 2021, Intel invested US$20 billion to build two new chip factories in Chandler, Arizona, to serve foundry customers around the world. The two new fabs, named Fab52 and Fab62, will start construction in September 2021. After the completion of the new fab, Intel will build a total of six fabs in the Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Arizona.

After the two new factories are fully operational in 2024, the new factories will support the production of Intel's internal products and serve external customers. Intel has always made its own chips, and this time the company is turning to an outside company to make chips.

Arizona is Intel's manufacturing powerhouse in the United States. At present, Intel's cumulative investment in Arizona will exceed $50 billion.

New Mexico

In May 2021, Intel announced an investment of $3.5 billion to build a chip factory in New Mexico, USA, including the introduction of an advanced 3D packaging solution, Fooveros, to upgrade the advanced packaging capabilities of the New Mexico packaging and testing plant.

Expanding European chip manufacturing capacity

In March 2022, Intel announced that it will invest as much as 80 billion euros ($88 billion) in Europe along the entire semiconductor value chain in the next decade, covering chip research and development, manufacturing, and advanced packaging technology.

Intel's first phase of investment plans include investing 17 billion euros in Germany to build an advanced semiconductor manufacturing facility; creating a new R&D and design center in France; investing in R&D, manufacturing and foundry in Ireland, Italy, Poland and Spain Serve.

Germany

Intel initially planned to begin construction of two fabs in Magdeburg, Germany, with construction starting in the first half of 2023 and expected to start production in 2027, pending regulatory approval. The new facility will use Intel's most advanced angstrom-scale transistors to produce chips for foundry customers and Intel's own operations in Europe and around the world.

Ireland

Intel will invest an additional 12 billion euros in its Leixlip factory in Ireland, doubling the factory's manufacturing space and bringing "Intel 4" process technology to Europe to expand foundry services.

France

Intel also plans to build a new regional R&D center around the Plateau de Saclay in France, and hopes to establish its main European foundry design center at a local foundry.

Italy

In addition, Italy plans to allocate more than 4 billion euros (about 4.6 billion U.S. dollars) by 2030 to promote the development of local chip manufacturing and attract investment from the world's leading semiconductor companies. Italy's main intended target companies include Intel.

Building a fab is one of the latest moves Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has taken under the IDM 2.0 strategy. Currently, Intel has four fabs that will be in production in the 2024-2025 time frame.