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Construction has begun on Europe's first semiconductor and AI component factory in Novara, Italy, backed by a €3.2 billion investment. The project, named Project Vulcan, aims to create 1,600 direct jobs and produce chiplets for complex processors. This initiative is part of a broader effort to establish a silicon economy in the region, which has historically relied on industry and rice cultivation. Silicon Box, the Singapore-based company behind the project, seeks to enhance Europe's semiconductor production capacity, currently dominated by Asia. The factory is expected to be environmentally friendly and could lead to significant economic changes in Novara, although concerns about urban planning and resource consumption remain.