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# Commission clears EUR 623 million German state aid for two chip fabs
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-11-eu-approves-globalfoundries-xfab-state-aid/
- Published: 2025-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:01:23.000Z
- Description: The Commission approved EUR 495 million for GlobalFoundries' dual-use Dresden expansion and EUR 128 million for X-FAB's Erfurt foundry, both German state aid under Chips Act rules. Cumulative EU-cleared chip aid now stands at about EUR 13.2 billion.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European Commission press release IP/25/3020, 11 December 2025](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip%5F25%5F3020?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that either fab has begun construction or reached its planned output.

**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](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)