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World's largest chipmaker, building Europe's flagship ESMC fab in Dresden as an EU sovereignty anchor.
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#16 14 Sept
ESMC reports Dresden fab on schedule
European Tech Sovereignty#16 14 Sept
#12 15 Jul
Mentioned in: ASML booms, Europe's fab gap holds
European Tech Sovereignty#11 2 Jul
Mentioned in: Infineon opens €5bn Dresden fab early
European Tech Sovereignty#10 24 Jun
Dresden chip fab marks build progress
European Tech Sovereignty#9 17 Jun
Mentioned in: EU chip share slips to 9%
European Tech Sovereignty#9 10 Jun
shipped equipment from Taiwan to ESMC Dresden confirming its 2027 production schedule
European Tech Sovereignty: Mentioned in: A sovereign chip flow ships at Dresden#8 5 Jun
Shipped DUV lithography equipment from Fab 15A Taiwan to ESMC Dresden
European Tech Sovereignty: TSMC ships gear to Dresden fab for 2027#8 3 Jun
Mentioned in: EU confirms €4.12bn AI gigafactory call
European Tech Sovereignty#10 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Ten states join US-run Pax Silica
European Tech Sovereignty#10 1 Jun
Mentioned in: EU ownership rule meets its loophole
European Tech Sovereignty#6 30 May
Mentioned in: SoftBank bets €75bn on France
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#11 20 May
Mentioned in: Nvidia adds 6,000 staff as rivals cut
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#8 11 May
Mentioned in: Transformer waits stretch to four years
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#4 5 May
Mentioned in: Virkkunen picks Tokyo after EU summit
European Tech Sovereignty#2 30 Apr
Mentioned in: Hyperscalers raise 2026 capex to $725 billion
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#6 30 Apr
ESMC Dresden eyes 2027 first wafers
European Tech Sovereignty#3 29 Apr
Mentioned in: Hyperscalers post record $110.75bn Q1 capex
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#1 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Maine passes first US statewide DC freeze
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#1 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Sovereign AI Unit to launch with £500m
UK Startups and Innovation#3 15 Apr
Mentioned in: ASML Q1 sales hold, China collapses to 19 per cent
European Tech Sovereignty#2 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Wayve lands $60m from AMD, Arm and Qualcomm
UK Startups and Innovation#2 9 Apr
Mentioned in: Italy gets €211m photonic chip aid
European Tech Sovereignty#8 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Alphabet books $35.7bn Q1 capex; backlog hits $460bn
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#8 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Amazon FCF down 95% as capex hits $200bn
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#1 1 Jan
Mentioned in: Intel kills its €30bn Magdeburg megafab
European Tech Sovereignty#1 1 Oct
led joint venture to structural build completion in Dresden
European Tech Sovereignty: ESMC Dresden fab finishes structural build#1 1 Oct