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Intel cancels Magdeburg and Wroclaw chip plants, cuts 25,000 jobs

Intel confirmed on its Q2 2025 earnings call that it has scrapped its planned Magdeburg, Germany chip fab and Wroclaw, Poland assembly plant, voiding Germany's roughly EUR 10 billion subsidy pledge, as part of cuts toward 75,000 global staff.

Reported Abroad Editor-read The Register, 25 July 2025

What it does not test. It does not establish the final disposition of the forfeited EUR 1.9 billion EU state-aid package for the Wroclaw site.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

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