

New facility will employ an estimated 4,300 workers





Intel clean room employees
[Image Source: Press Photographers Assoc. of Ireland]



Intel 14 nm fab
[Image Source: Intel]

The local Kildare County Council approved the plan in August 2012.




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RE: Great
By Penti on 1/26/2013 8:19:59 PM , Rating: 2
Intel sales obviously isn't run through Ireland and all the testing, package and finishing is done in Costa Rica and Malaysia. The taxes are obviously why some companies has their European sales going through Ireland but Intel doesn't. It's also their low taxes that made Ireland so vulnerable in recent years. Though education and strong academic connections is why you keep advanced fabs in an area. It's why we have semiconductor fabrication in New York, Texas, Oregon, Dresden and so on. As well as design centers in those areas. It's not an investment you just move to another place. It is really hard to invest billions in an region that doesn't have the resources and infrastructure to support your operations. At least you need a large university specialized in the field and a few partner companies in the area around you. A FTZ usually isn't a great fit even in highly educated nations that has the skills in your field.

Though corporate taxes generally doesn't matter when it comes to large or large public companies as they will simply move profits around so they won't be taxed while still having huge profits and paying out dividend. Many companies in countries with 25-30% corp tax will pay less real tax on their profits then companies following the rules in Ireland. Though corp tax is generally not a big earner for their governments any how. Financial companies and shell companies running for sales through is usually a better fit for countries like Luxembourg and Liechtenstein.


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