# GLOBALFOUNDRIES breaks ground on $4B semiconductor fab in Singapore

GLOBALFOUNDRIES broke ground on a new 300mm semiconductor fab in Singapore, with a total investment of more than $4 billion. The expansion will add capacity for 450,000 wafers per year and 250,000 square feet of cleanroom space.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-06-22
- Where: Singapore, Singapore
- Value: $4.00B
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 450,000 wafers per year
- Products: semiconductor wafers
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [GlobalFoundries](https://endata.com/companies/664.md)
- [Mubadala Investment Company](https://endata.com/companies/5162.md) (investor)
- [Singapore Economic Development Board](https://endata.com/companies/36641.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [investors.gf.com](https://investors.gf.com/news-releases/news-release-details/globalfoundries-breaks-ground-new-fab-singapore), 2021-06-22: "GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced it is expanding its global manufacturing footprint with the construction of a new fab on its Singapore campus."
- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/globalfoundries-breaks-ground-on-new-fab-in-singapore-301316900.html), 2021-06-22: "GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced it is expanding its global manufacturing footprint with the construction of a new fab on its Singapore campus"
- [mediaoffice.abudhabi](https://www.mediaoffice.abudhabi/en/economy/globalfoundries-breaks-ground-on-new-4b-fab-in-singapore/), 2021-06-23: "GF’s more than US $4B investment will play an integral role in meeting the growing demand for the company’s industry leading manufacturing technologies and services."

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