# Intel to invest $7 billion to complete Fab 42 in Arizona

Intel announced plans to invest more than $7 billion to complete Fab 42 in Chandler, Arizona, targeting 7 nm semiconductor manufacturing. The factory will create 3,000 direct jobs and over 10,000 total long-term jobs.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-02-08
- Where: Chandler, Arizona, United States
- Value: $7.00B
- Jobs: 3,000
- Starts operating: Q1 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: microprocessors, 7 nm semiconductor chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Intel](https://endata.com/companies/21062.md)

## Sources

- [intc.com](https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/248/intel-supports-american-innovation-with-7-billion), 2017-02-08: "This factory will help the U.S. maintain its position as the global leader in the semiconductor industry."
- [bisnow.com](https://www.bisnow.com/news/phoenix/industrial/intel-plans-to-invest-7b-in-arizona-semiconductor-plant-70811), 2017-02-08: "Intel creates high-wage jobs through its high-tech manufacturing and fosters economic growth and innovation."
- [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170208005977/en/Intel-Supports-American-Innovation-7-Billion-Investment), 2017-02-08: "Intel Corporation today announced plans to invest more than $7 billion to complete Fab 42, which is expected to be the most advanced semiconductor factory in the world."
- [tiinside.com.br](https://tiinside.com.br/my/09/02/2017/intel-investe-us-7-bilhoes-em-fabrica-de-semicondutores-no-arizona/), 2017-02-09: "A Intel Corporation anunciou nesta quinta-feira,9, planos para investir mais de US$ 7 bilhões para concluir a Fab 42, que deverá ser a fábrica de semicondutores mais avançada do mundo."
- [electronicdesign.com](https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/communications/article/21207121/intel-to-invest-7-billion-in-7-nm-arizona-fab), 2017-02-09: "We’ve been working on this facility for several years. We actually held off on doing this investment until now…It’s really in support of tax and regulatory policies that we see the administration pushing forward that really make it advantageous to do manufacturing in the U.S."
- [azpbs.org](https://azpbs.org/horizon/2017/02/new-intel-plant/), 2017-02-14: "Intel has announced a $7 Billion investment to revive an empty plant in Chandler to build the newest generation of computer chips."

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