Back in 2022, we reported on Intel's plans to construct a new chip-making facility in Magdeburg, Germany. The project hasn't been entirely smooth running, though, with a plea for larger subsidies rebuffed by the country's finance minister, followed by initial ground inspections turning up a large Neolithic burial site. Now it seems that construction will be delayed again—this time due to the ground having too much of the wrong type of soil.
That's according to the daily newspaper Volkstimme, local to the Madeburg region (via Andreas Schilling) which reports that Intel was hoping to commence the first stages of soil removal in a few months. However, it turns out that the site has more black soil (rich in organic matter) than expected. Schilling comments that in that area 40 cm is a typical depth but at the Intel site, it's as deep as 90 cm.
