Intel Invests 5 Billion to Expand Irish Hub in AI Chip Race

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7 billion dollars, to expand its Leixlip campus in Ireland, upgrading existing fabrication lines rather than building new plants. The investment will add capacity for Intel Xeon 6 and next generation Xeon chips built on the Intel 3 process node to meet surging AI and high performance computing demand.

Intel says the expansion will create several hundred permanent jobs plus thousands of construction jobs and should finish by the end of next year, bringing the company's total investment in Ireland since 1989 to more than 30 billion euros.