Intel is investing €5 billion ($5.7 billion) to expand its Leixlip campus in Ireland, increasing capacity for data center processors including flagship Xeon server chips while advancing research and development and supporting deliveries for Intel Foundry customers. The project adds to the U.S. chipmaker’s broader push to strengthen manufacturing as demand tied to AI and high-performance computing grows. Intel has said it has invested €30 billion in Ireland since 1989, with more than half of that spent between 2019 and 2023 to double plant capacity. The Leixlip site is a key part of Intel’s European manufacturing base outside Dublin as it seeks to compete more directly with TSMC.