# Infineon to invest additional €5B to expand Kulim silicon carbide fab in Malaysia

Infineon Technologies will invest an additional €5 billion (RM30.1 billion) for the second phase of its Kulim 3 fab building in Kedah, Malaysia, to build the world's largest 200mm silicon carbide power fabrication plant. The two phases will generate 1,500 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-08-08
- Where: Kulim High Tech Park, Kedah, Malaysia
- Value: $5.50B (5.00B EUR)
- Jobs: 1,500
- Status: announced
- Products: silicon carbide power semiconductors, gallium nitride epitaxy
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Infineon Technologies AG](https://endata.com/companies/15717.md)

## Sources

- [mida.gov.my](https://www.mida.gov.my/mida-news/infineon-to-invest-additional-rm30b-to-expand-kulim-facility/), 2024-08-08: "We warmly welcome long-term, committed partners like Infineon to, among others, enhance our economic complexity and push for net zero, as laid out in the New Industrial Master Plan 2030."

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