Germany will allocate 3 billion euros to infrastructure repair, such as streets and bridges, drawn from a budget item originally allocated by the previous Olaf Scholz government to boost the semiconductor industry. This plan, which totals 15 billion, aims to reduce the country's dependence on suppliers in Asia. However, its implementation has faced significant challenges, such as the recent cancellation of a plant that Intel was going to build in Magdeburg, a €30 billion investment that would have contributed to the revitalization of the sector.
Despite the approval of subsidies totaling 2 billion euros, the distribution of these funds is still pending, although a larger-than-expected number of companies has shown interest in accessing the aid. De acuerdo con información de Bloomberg, Infineon ha declarado que los proyectos que ya han recibido apoyo o que están en proceso de solicitud no se verán afectados por esta nueva reasignación presupuestaria. La situación revela la complejidad del panorama europeo y su esfuerzo por aumentar su producción de chips, que en 2024 se situó en solo el 8,1% del total mundial, un porcentaje que la Ley de Chips de la UE pretende elevar al 20% para 2030.
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