KARDASHEV Index
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Entity dossier · Nº 019

Intel Corporation

Semiconductors NASDAQ: INTC Public intel.com ↗ Santa Clara, CA SEC CIK 50863 ↗

Evidence limited to financial metrics and energy use with no coverage of tech advances, build speed or policy advocacy. Model synthesis · opinion

Unranked · insufficient data
Kardashev-equivalent K 0.313

1.4 GW average power · 11.94 TWh/yr energy consumed (2025).

K = (log₁₀P − 6) / 10 with P in watts. Humanity today ≈ K 0.73. Computed in code from the reported figure — source: intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documen....

Not ranked: insufficient data: 45% of weight scored (needs 60%). We publish what was verified, but an entity is ranked only with at least 60% of the weight scored, more than 40% of the scored weight measured, and confidence above 20%. Ranking rules. Missing data is never filled with a default.

Index composition

65% measured · 35% opinion · method
Energy throughput Measured 30% 5.3   90%
Compute capacity Measured 20% —   no data
Growth gradient Measured 15% 1.7   71%
Frontier acceleration Opinion 15% —   no data
Builder velocity Opinion 12% —   no data
Permission to build Opinion 8% —   no data

Index = weighted mean of the scored categories (weights renormalized over what was scored) · coverage 45% · confidence 38% · measured share 100% of the scored weight (opinion 0%). No “overall” is asked of the model. Scores are AI-assisted (disclosures).

Run history

Every published measurement, newest first. N is the run on the leaderboard now; failed attempts are not shown. Unranked runs show no Index; Δ and the Index trend compare ranked runs only.

A trend line appears after the second published run.

RunPublishedIndexΔK-equivMethodView
N current 2026-10-10 Unranked — 0.313 pipeline-v2.9 · weights-v1 · rubrics-v1 viewing

Measured — computed in code from reported figures

Joules · weight 30%

Energy throughput

5.3/ 10

Reported energy consumed: 43,000,000 GJ (2025) = 11.94 TWh/yr → 1.4 GW average → score 5.3, K = 0.313.

P = annual energy (J) / seconds per year → average watts. Score = clamp(2.5 × (log₁₀P − 7), 0, 10). Kardashev-equivalent K = (log₁₀P − 6) / 10. · confidence 90%

Watts of thought · weight 20%

Compute capacity

—no data

No verified operating data-center capacity was found, so this category is unscored.

Score = clamp(2.5 × log₁₀(MW), 0, 10).

Slope · weight 15%

Growth gradient

1.7/ 10

Compound annual growth: capex -16%/yr over 3y, revenue -6%/yr over 3y → score 1.7. Not available: energy (confidence reduced).

  • Verified evidence
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 24,844,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2022-12-31 (10-K, accession 0000050863-25-000009) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 25,750,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2023-12-30 (10-K, accession 0000050863-26-000011) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 23,944,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2024-12-28 (10-K, accession 0000050863-26-000011) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 14,646,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2025-12-27 (10-K, accession 0000050863-26-000011) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • +4 more in Reported figures
Each available sub-metric's compound annual growth rate (up to 3 years) is mapped piecewise-linearly through the anchors, then combined with weights capex 50%, revenue 25%, energy 25% (renormalized over what is available). · confidence 71%

Opinion — model-judged against written rubrics, from verified quotes only

Opinion · Capability · weight 15%

Frontier acceleration

—insufficient

Only capex/revenue figures; no data on capabilities shipped or cost reductions.

Opinion Rubric

Opinion · Shipping · weight 12%

Builder velocity

—insufficient

Capex totals provided but no information on deployment cadence or timelines.

Opinion Rubric

Opinion · Policy · weight 8%

Permission to build

—insufficient

Single energy consumption figure; no positions on permitting or regulation.

Opinion Rubric

Reported figures

MetricValuePeriodSource
Capital expenditure 14,646,000,000 USD FY2025 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Capital expenditure 23,944,000,000 USD FY2024 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Capital expenditure 25,750,000,000 USD FY2023 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Capital expenditure 24,844,000,000 USD FY2022 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 52,853,000,000 USD FY2025 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 53,101,000,000 USD FY2024 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 54,228,000,000 USD FY2023 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 63,054,000,000 USD FY2022 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Energy consumed 43,000,000 GJ 2025 intel.com ↗

Sources we fetched and verified

  1. SEC XBRL company facts — INTEL CORP data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000050863.json · fetched 2026-10-10 · primary
  2. Intel CSR 2025-26 SASB and TCFD Frameworks intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documen... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 60afd8cb964c · primary
  3. Intel CSR 2025-26 GRI Index intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documen... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 6e406661bac0 · primary
  4. Intel CSR 2025-26 Report Data File intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documen... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 26d1a726f9a5 · primary
  5. Intel 2025-26 CSR Executive Summary intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documen... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 2aac3f34a8c7 · primary
  6. Intel Corporate Responsibility Resource Center intel.com/content/www/us/en/corporate-responsibility/reso... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 604f4b2f7c63 · primary
  7. Intel 2025-26 Corporate Responsibility Report intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documen... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 4ed2bb3935ae · primary
  8. Intel 2024-25 Corporate Responsibility Report intel.com/content/dam/www/central-libraries/us/en/documen... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 d8d805845fbb · primary
  9. Intel Corporation cdrdv2-public.intel.com/630378/DCL%20for%20Renewable%20En... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 2d483ae253b8 · primary
  10. Inside Intel: From silicon fabrication plant, to energy-efficient data center - DCD archived copy (Wayback Machine, 2025-09-17) of datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/inside-intel-silicon-f... — the original refused our fetcher · fetched 2026-10-10
  11. Annual Reports :: Intel Corporation (INTC) intc.com/filings-reports/annual-reports/default.aspx · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 586dd3ea0de0

2 other candidate links were rejected (dead, soft-404, blocked or unreadable) and are not shown.

Run N · 2026-10-10 15:09 PDT · 54 s · 8 stages · grok-4.3
StageStatusTimeWeb searches
resolvesucceeded3.9 s2
researchsucceeded12 s4
edgarsucceeded0.3 s—
fetchsucceeded25 s—
extractsucceeded7.7 s—
computesucceeded0.0 s—
judgesucceeded5.0 s—
aggregatesucceeded0.0 s—

pipeline-v2.9 · prompts-v2.5 · rubrics-v1 · weights-v1 · bundle f7ca9a5c4a2a · code eb7ac43

Last updated 2026-10-10 How the Index is computed