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Comment by yvdriess | Hacker News Reader

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.

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GDP of European countries: 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

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.

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.

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.

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)

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

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

Sovereignty is worth whatever your deal is plus £1, haven't you heard!?

Yes and the Tories will pay for it eventually. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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