Infineon Technologies' new Smart Power Fab expands chip manufacturing in Germany with a massive $5.7 billion investment.

Infineon Technologies has opened its Smart Power Fab in Dresden, Germany, months ahead of schedule, bringing the world’s largest manufacturing facility for intelligent power semiconductors and analog/mixed-signal technologies into operation.

The facility represents a €5 billion (about $5.7 billion) investment, the largest in the company’s history. It creates 1,000 direct jobs and doubles Infineon’s manufacturing capacity in Dresden.

The factory will produce chips that improve how electricity is converted and managed. Those devices will support AI data centers. They will also help power electricity grids and software-defined vehicles.

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  • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The factory will produce chips that improve how electricity is converted and managed. Those devices will support AI data centers. They will also help power electricity grids and software-defined vehicles

    When will there be intelligent electricity grids in Germany and Europe that handle peaks with batteries from cars and houses?

    • vandsjov@feddit.dkEnglish
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      3 days ago

      It’s coming. With my solar, and more importantly battery, installation, I have signed up to be part of a VPP (virtual power plant). This means that some times the batteries will charge of the grid and sometimes discharge to the grid. This is controlled by “something” (don’t exactly know how it works) central that will make the VPP balance the grid - if there’s too much energy it will charge the batteries and not enough it will discharge. A few companies already got this going and you will be paired more than what you could sell to the grid (apparently). It’s not super often (apparently) that the VPP goes into action.

      I’m in Denmark but would guess other countries are doing similar. It’s called Netbalance (Net Balance) and not sure what other countries call it.