Technologie: Chipkonzern Globalfoundries investiert weitere Milliarden in Dresden
Der US‑Chipkonzern plant, sein Werk in Silicon Saxony auszubauen. Die Fabrik ist seit Jahren voll ausgelastet, die Expansion kommt zur richtigen Zeit: Die Industrie braucht neue Kapazitäten.
US chipmaker Globalfoundries plans to expand its Dresden plant starting in 2028 with a €1.5 billion investment, according to its site leader Manfred Horstmann. The company is already investing €1.1 billion to expand the site. The German government is contributing nearly half of this amount. The company celebrated the ground-breaking for the expansion just last Friday.
Production is expected to begin in the new clean rooms the following year, with the next phase of expansion potentially starting in 2028. Horstmann hinted at further investments in the next decade, though he did not provide details. Overall, the chip production at the current level is expected to grow by more than 70 percent over the next decade.
Currently, Dresden is the largest site of a contract manufacturer in the European semiconductor industry. Globalfoundries produces specialized semiconductors for other semiconductor companies. "We have been at capacity for years," Horstmann said in an interview with the Handelsblatt. The factory employs 3,000 people and is fully utilized.
This is good news for the industry in Germany and Europe, as the plans for new capacities are urgently needed, said Lars Reger, chief technologist of Dutch chip supplier NXP, in Munich.
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