# Intel gets planning permission for €3.6 billion fab expansion in Leixlip, Ireland

Intel received planning permission from An Bord Pleanála for a new $4 billion (€3.63 billion) semiconductor fabrication facility at its Leixlip plant in Ireland. The project is part of a total $8 billion investment across two phases, expected to create 1,600 full-time jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-11-25
- Where: Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland
- Value: $4.00B (3.63B EUR)
- Jobs: 1,600
- Status: announced
- Products: semiconductor chips
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [thejournal.ie](https://www.thejournal.ie/intel-leixlip-facility-4905386-Nov2019/), 2019-11-25: "AN BORD PLEANÁLA has given the green light to plans by Intel for its proposed new $4 billion (€3.63bn) manufacturing fabrication (FAB) facility at its Leixlip plant."

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