ed ▁wireless ▁Internet ▁applications . ▁In vest ors ▁included ▁Intel , ▁the ▁Dub ai ▁Airport ▁Free ▁Zone ▁Author ity , ▁and ▁Deutsche ▁Bank . ▁Despite ▁the ▁earlier ▁burst ing ▁of ▁the ▁dot . com ▁b ubble , ▁it ▁secured ▁the ▁equivalent ▁of ▁$ 3 2 5 ▁million ▁in ▁private ▁equ ity ▁in ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁But ▁the ▁plan ▁stir red ▁controvers y ▁and ▁acquired ▁oppon ents : ▁Inf ine on ▁( which ▁had ▁a ▁compet ing ▁Si - Ge ▁factory ▁in ▁Dresden ) ▁opposed ▁it . ▁In ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Inf ine on ▁threatened ▁to ▁move ▁from ▁Germany ▁to ▁Switzerland , ▁cit ing ▁high ▁tax es . ▁Then ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁the ▁federal ▁loan ▁guarante es ▁to ▁cover ▁ 7 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁project ' s ▁€ 1 . 3 ▁billion ▁cost ▁did ▁not ▁material ize ▁and ▁Communic ant ▁shut ▁down ▁with ▁the ▁factory ▁un fin ished . ▁ ▁After math ▁Inf ine on ▁stayed ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁Mun ich , ▁Germany . ▁The ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁the ▁topic ▁of ▁detailed ▁post - mort ems . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁Hamburg - based ▁solar ▁energy ▁company ▁Con er gy ▁bought ▁the ▁ ▁site ▁and ▁built ▁a ▁production ▁plant ▁for ▁solar ▁cells ▁and ▁modules . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : E lect ron ics ▁companies ▁of ▁Germany ▁Category : Comp an ies ▁based ▁in ▁Brandenburg ▁Category : Comp an ies ▁of