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Looks like the pie is being spread by order of EU member GDP: Germany gets 17B for a new fab, France an R&D center, Italy a 4B manufacturing center.

giorgioz 5y ago
GDP of European countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(nominal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu... GDP in Billion of US dollars in 2021: Germany 4,230.172 United Kingdom 3,108.416 France 2,940.428 Italy 2,120.232 Russia 1,647.568 Spain 1,439.958 Netherlands 1,007.562
- yvdriess 5y ago
  Yes, with the top-3 EU members being Germany, France and Italy; which are getting parts of the pie. I'm not counting the Poland and Ireland mentions. Those already have Intel sites and at least in the case of Gdansk those expansions are already underway.
  - ksec 5y ago
    I think a lot of people assume EU as a shorthand for Europe instead of European Union. And not understanding difference between EU and EEA. ( I dont blame them ) I have seen this a lot on HN and not sure how to solve this.
giorgioz 5y ago
Population of European countries in 2022 in millions: Russia 145,934,462 Germany 83,783,942 United Kingdom 67,886,011 France 65,273,511 Italy 60,461,826 Spain 46,754,778 Ukraine 43,733,762 Poland 37,846,611 Romania 19,237,691 Netherlands 17,134,87
avnfish 5y ago
The writing is truly on the wall for the UK...
- mhh__ 5y ago
  Sovereignty is worth whatever your deal is plus £1, haven't you heard!?
  - mrlonglong 5y ago
    Yes and the Tories will pay for it eventually. Revenge is a dish best served cold.
paxys 5y ago
More like – countries in the region that are more suitable for semiconductor manufacturing (modern infrastructure, skilled workers, resources) also have a higher GDP for the same reasons.
- yvdriess 5y ago
  By those criteria, the Benelux region would be more suited (two large cargo ports, dense road/rail/canal network, top universities in the field; plus: proximity to ASML and imec)
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giorgioz 5y ago

GDP of European countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Europe_by_GDP_(nominal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_Eu... GDP in Billion of US dollars in 2021: Germany 4,230.172 United Kingdom 3,108.416 France 2,940.428 Italy 2,120.232 Russia 1,647.568 Spain 1,439.958 Netherlands 1,007.562

yvdriess 5y ago
Yes, with the top-3 EU members being Germany, France and Italy; which are getting parts of the pie. I'm not counting the Poland and Ireland mentions. Those already have Intel sites and at least in the case of Gdansk those expansions are already underway.
- ksec 5y ago
  I think a lot of people assume EU as a shorthand for Europe instead of European Union. And not understanding difference between EU and EEA. ( I dont blame them ) I have seen this a lot on HN and not sure how to solve this.

giorgioz 5y ago

Population of European countries in 2022 in millions: Russia 145,934,462 Germany 83,783,942 United Kingdom 67,886,011 France 65,273,511 Italy 60,461,826 Spain 46,754,778 Ukraine 43,733,762 Poland 37,846,611 Romania 19,237,691 Netherlands 17,134,87

avnfish 5y ago

The writing is truly on the wall for the UK...

mhh__ 5y ago
Sovereignty is worth whatever your deal is plus £1, haven't you heard!?
- mrlonglong 5y ago
  Yes and the Tories will pay for it eventually. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

paxys 5y ago

More like – countries in the region that are more suitable for semiconductor manufacturing (modern infrastructure, skilled workers, resources) also have a higher GDP for the same reasons.

yvdriess 5y ago
By those criteria, the Benelux region would be more suited (two large cargo ports, dense road/rail/canal network, top universities in the field; plus: proximity to ASML and imec)
- deleted 5y ago
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