Intel chose Poland

Intel will invest nearly PLN 20 billion in a new factory in Miękinia near Wroclaw.

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency and the Industrial Development Agency, in cooperation with the Ministry of Digitization and the Legnica Special Economic Zone, were responsible for the substantive handling of the investment.

The Semiconductor Integration and Testing Plant in Miękinia is the largest foreign investment in Poland (its value is $4.6 billion) and the largest high-tech investment in this region of Europe. Poland competed with several other countries for investment placement. The IDA and PAIH, together with the Ministry of Digitization, jointly assisted the American company at every stage of the preparatory work for the investment, and in cooperation with the Legnica SEZ, took part in the preparation of the offer and presentation of investment areas.

The choice of American investors fell on Miękinia near Wroclaw. The decisive factors were infrastructure facilities and proximity to an academic center with a strong technical university. In production alone, the plant will employ more than 2,000 workers, mainly highly qualified specialists and engineers. The plant of the American company will be built on an area of almost 300 hectares.

"This is the first investment of this kind in Europe, so the struggle for it was difficult and long. Intel has been present in our country for 30 years. However, an investment of such a large caliber is always preceded by very detailed analyses of competitive offers from different countries. Thanks to our efforts, Poland passed this test the best, even though the competition was really strong. We hope that this will be the beginning of a real investment boom in Lower Silesia, and that more technology giants will follow in Intel's footsteps and invest even more often in Poland." - comments Marcin Fabianowicz, managing director at the PAIH Investment Department.

The IDA intends to deepen its cooperation with the Legnica SEZ. The first task is to properly prepare the land for the investment - both for Intel and its cooperators.

Intel Corporation's investment will increase the resilience of supply chains for products of strategic importance to the economy. The European Union aims to increase its share of global semiconductor production to 20 percent by the end of 2030, and Intel's investment will be one of the key moves to achieve this goal.

source: press materials