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Ensdorf SiC device fab (planned)

Wolfspeed / ZF (planned JV), Ensdorf, Saarland, Germany. Every field this record holds on the site, its note and every source, as the row states them.

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Operator
Wolfspeed / ZF (planned JV) · company page: Wolfspeed
Site
Ensdorf SiC device fab (planned)
Location
Ensdorf, Saarland, Germany
Type
compound
Status
paused
Wafer
200 mm
Nodes
SiC
First output
not recorded
Announced investment
USD 3 billion
Map position
49.32, 6.79, on the map

Announced 2023 as the world's largest SiC device fab (roughly $3bn with ZF and German/EU support); ZF withdrew from the project in October 2024 and construction is on hold.

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Sources

2 sources on this row, in the order the row lists them. The order carries no weight.

Construction of the Wolfspeed and ZF semiconductor factory is on hold - electrive.com · electrive.com

ZF said to be withdrawing from Wolfspeed's German silicon carbide device fab project · semiconductor-today.com

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Capacity statements

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