[42e6e8c8-f7b8-4]

There will be a huge knowledge transfer into Germany during this process. Fab's are fabulously intricate and difficult to run. $5.5 billion to teach your populace how to make chips? Worth it.

[phkahler]

>> $5.5 billion to teach your populace how to make chips? Worth it.

Germany already has advance chip fabrication - see Global Foundries (formerly AMD fab). It's not EUV, but even Intel still needs to figure out how to make those chips.

[alaricus]

Companies like Intel don't transfer knowledge. In fact, they often suck local talent out.

[42e6e8c8-f7b8-4]

Nope. Source: multiple friends who work in Intel fabs. These fabs aren't turnkey.