The new facility at Intel HQ in Leixlip will see up to 6,000 jobs being created over the construction period.
The planning permission for an extended and revised manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Co Kildare has been approved by Kildare County Council.
The installation is set to be almost twice the size of Dundrum town centre at 110,000 square metres.
It is understood that 3,000 construction jobs will be created over four years, and up to 6,000 at peak construction period of six months.
The finished facility will see 1,600 full time permanent jobs created on the site.
Kildare North Labour General Election Candidate Emmet Stagg has welcomed the decision of the council.
He told KildareNow: “To date Intel have invested $12.5 Billion at its Leixlip Plant between buildings and process equipment, which is a major investment not just in Leixlip and Co Kildare but the State overall.”
He added that this decision would “reinforce Intel Leixlip as a centre of world excellence in the knowledge based economy”.
The current computer chip manufacturing plant employs around 4,000 people and already has separate planning approval from 2017 for 90,000 square metres plant at the site.
