Intel in Ireland

Today, alongside advanced manufacturing, Intel in Ireland has come to represent a diversity of activities across the spectrum of Intel business from cutting edge research to design. Intel has 4,900 employees across Ireland.

Intel first decided to make Ireland its home in 1989, choosing the small Kildare town of Leixlip as the base for its European manufacturing operations. The story that has unfolded over the three decades that followed is a very special one. Intel has invested over 30 billion euros in the Leixlip campus, creating a ‘Silicon Isle’ where we make leading-edge processors that power our digital world.

In July 2026 Naga Chandrasekaran, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology and Operations Officer and General Manager of Intel Foundry, together with an Taoiseach Micheál Martin, announced that Intel is to invest €5 Billion to expand manufacturing capacity at the Leixlip campus. The investment will create permanent high-tech jobs and engage specialised tradespeople, while expanding leading-edge manufacturing capacity in Ireland.

As a technology industry innovator and a leader in corporate responsibility, we continually look for ways to create a positive impact in the communities where we live and work, while serving as a role model for how companies should operate.

By 2030, we will achieve net positive water use by conserving 60 billion gallons of water and funding external water restoration projects in the communities we call home. To date, we have funded more than 31 water restoration projects, collectively restoring billions of gallons of water to local watersheds.

Intel recently unveiled the “Friends of the Rye River trail,” a special immersive walk along the river in Leixlip that celebrates the Rye River waters.

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