Intel stressed that the EirGrid project is an improvement to an existing supply to facilitate secure and reliable supply to the Intel site and the wider community. Nama admits 'deficiencies' in sale process that led to €10m loss, Communicorp names Simon Myciunka as new CEO, Stobart Air sale talks up in the air after tender move, In Person: WaterWipes' new CEO found a firm that aims for growth and will endure, Applegreen shares 'could double' from current levels, says Davy. To base its European operations in Ireland, Intel received over IRE£87m in grants from IDA Ireland. In total, the $8bn investment - which will employ 6,000 construction workers at peak and 1,600 full time jobs on completion - will represent the largest single private investment in the history of the State on one project if given the go-ahead by Intel globally. However, even if the chip giant secures planning permission next month, the decision is open for third parties to appeal to An Bord Pleanála which would put a final decision back towards the final quarter of this year. Intel said the new plant will be powered via existing Intel site grid infrastructure until such time as the EirGrid project is implemented and connected to the entire Intel facility.

The new application, which is an extension of the original plan, represents an additional investment of $4bn. Mr Sweetman has previously declared "I am a Nimby (Not In My Back Yard) and Ireland is my back yard.". In 2016, Intel secured planning permission for the first phase of its 'Fab' facility valued at $4bn. Intel decided in 1989 to build its European manufacturing operations in Leixlip, County Kildare, and formed Intel Ireland to be the holding company on September 29, 1989 . Intel has submitted a proposal to Irish authorities for the expansion of its manufacturing site near Leixlip. Intel has submitted a detailed report via Dublin company AOS Planning. The manufacturing plant manufactured its first chip in 1993.
On the concerns expressed by Mr Reid, of Hedsor House, Blakestown, Carton, Maynooth, and other third parties to the development, consultants for Intel said the information it has provided in the application shows "that the legitimate concerns of agencies and of our neighbours have been anticipated and comprehensively addressed in the application". This is in contrast to other applications for large industry where replies for further information can take months. Intel said the new plant will be powered via existing Intel site grid infrastructure until such time as the EirGrid project is implemented and connected to the entire Intel facility. Menu Sections. The previous objections were brought before An Bord Pleanála by Mr Reid.
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The council asked Intel to set out the cumulative effects of the plan and a new 220k sub-station to provide the electricity for the proposal. Local farmer Thomas Reid has lodged an objection against the plan, the seventh Intel Leixlip application the farmer has objected to since 2012. The primary aspect of the council's further information request last month concerned an Eirgrid connection. The way is now clear for Intel to get approval for its planned $4bn (€3.53bn) facility at its Leixlip plant after it replied to all the queries that Kildare County Council had placed regarding its ambitious plan last month.

Intel Ireland's parent company – the giant U.S.-based Intel microprocessor business – is a public company trading on the NASDAQ exchange. It says the development covered by the 2017 planning permission would cost $4 billion. Intel, which has invested $15 billion in its Leixlip site, this year marks 30 years in Ireland. In a sign of the urgency that Intel is attaching to its planning application, the US multinational took just seven days to issue its response to the various queries over the manufacturing fabrication (FAB) plan.

The country's most high-profile planning activist, Peter Sweetman, has also lodged a submission on the plan. However, in its further information response, Intel stressed that a new 220k sub-station is not required. Consultants for Intel have told Kildare County Council that the firm has already invested $12.5bn its site at Leixlip and the firm is seeking a 10-year planning permission for its new application.