GoKawiilIntel says Fab 28 blast will cost $600 million, hit Xeon output into 2027
Intel disclosed on its earnings call that October's fatal explosion at Fab 28 in Kiryat Gat, Israel, shut the plant for roughly two weeks and will cost about $600 million in lost revenue across two quarters. CFO Dave Zinsner said production should resume by the end of this week, with Intel projecting roughly $300 million in lost revenue in both Q4 2026 and Q1 2027, plus a 2-point hit to fourth-quarter non-GAAP gross margin. The blast killed two workers and seriously injured another.
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Fab 28 makes chips on Intel's 10nm-class and Intel 7 processes, which still underpin I/O dies in current Xeon 6 chips and compute dies in older Xeon 5 and Xeon 4 server CPUs, so the disruption could ripple through Intel's server business for months. Intel has not said which Xeon families or how many wafers were affected, leaving open how severe the supply impact on data-center customers might be. The financial hit also lands as Intel is trying to stabilize its foundry finances, making the timing potentially costly for its broader turnaround efforts.
- Fab 28 explosion in mid-October killed two, injured one, and shut the plant for about two weeks.
- Intel expects roughly $600 million in lost revenue split between Q4 2026 and Q1 2027, plus a 2-point gross margin hit.
- Affected Xeon chip families and wafer losses remain undisclosed, with production set to restart around month's end.
Source: tomshardware.com — Anton Shilov, 2026-10-30
Published there as: “Deadly Intel Fab 28 explosion causes two-week shutdown, to cost $600 million and severely disrupt server chip manufacturing for six months”
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