In 2020, Intel’s Fab 42 began operations at its Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Ariz. The 1.3-million-sq-ft semiconductor manufacturing plant was built by more than 4,000 workers with 120,000 cu yd of concrete and 12,000 tons of structural steel. Inside, it contains 1,300 tools weighing as much as 5 tons. It is the fourth semiconductor plant on the 700-acre campus.
Now Intel is building two more plants in tandem at the site, and they’re even bigger, expected to use 400,000 cu yd of concrete. The $20-billion project to build Fab 52 and Fab 62, with general contractor Hoffman Construction Co.—which has previously built other fabs at the campus—started in 2021. Fab 52 is expected to come online this year, followed by Fab 62 next year.