July 17, 2024 /SemiMedia/ -- According to reports, Intel's 30 billion euro Fab 29 project in Magdeburg, Germany, which was announced earlier, has been delayed in recent days due to multiple obstacles including subsidies and environmental protection. Despite this, the report said that Intel's foundation work has begun.

Intel's Magdeburg Fab 29.1 and Fab 29.2 are planned to cover an area of approximately 81,000 square meters, with a total length of 530 meters and a width of 153 meters. Including the roof structure for air conditioning and heating, the building height will reach 36.7 meters, in addition, there will be several underground floors.

The Fab 29 was originally scheduled to start construction in the first half of 2023, but the start time was postponed to the summer of 2024 due to delays in subsidy approval. Recently, it was reported that the construction time of the wafer factory was postponed again to May 2025 due to pending EU subsidy approval and the need to relocate the black soil to other locations for reuse.

The Fab 29 Modules 1 and 2 were originally scheduled to begin operations at the end of 2027 and produce Intel 14A (1.4nm-class) and Intel 10A (1nm-class) process node chips. However, some recent reports have shown a different timeline, estimating that the fab will take four to five years to build, and is now expected to start producing chips in 2029 to 2030.