GlobalFoundries Tops Out Dresden Fab Expansion and Unveils FDX Fusion

What happened

GlobalFoundries celebrated the topping-out of its €1.1 billion SPRINT fab (a chip factory) expansion in Dresden, Germany, on October 9, 2026, and announced FDX Fusion, a next-generation chip platform for Physical AI that the company plans to develop and manufacture at the site. SPRINT Expansion Construction Milestone Under the SPRINT project, GlobalFoundries is investing €1.1 billion to expand manufacturing capacity at its Dresden site.