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AuthorsTiagoDevesaJeongmin

SeongOliva

WhiteNickLeungMichaelBirshanJanMischkeCamilloLamannaMasud

AllySeptember2025TheFDIHow

foreigndirectinvestment

todaymay

shapeindustryand

trade

tomorrowshake-upMckunseyGlobalInstituteMcKinseyGlobalInstituteTheMcKinseyGlobalInstitutewasestablishedin

1990.Ourmissionis

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theeconomicandbusinessissuesmostcritical

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the

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directorsSven

Smit(chair)ChrisBradleyKweilinEllingrudSylvain

Johansson

NickLeungOlivia

WhiteLareina

YeeMGIpartnersMekalaKrishnanAnuMadgavkar

JanMischkeJeongmin

SeongTheFDI

shake-up1ContentsAt

aglance

3Introduction

4CHAP

TER1FDIpromises

tomold

theindustries

of

the

future

9CHAP

TER

2Multinationals

areinvestingbig

andincreasinglyalong

geopoliticallines

20CHAP

TER

3How

shiftsinFDI

announcements

todaymay

shapeindustry

dynamics

tomorrow

30CHAP

TER4Shaping

economic

competitiveness

across

the

world

51CHAP

TER

5NavigatingFDI

signals

and

shiftsin

ahigh-stakesenvironment

62Acknowledgments

65Endnotes

66TheFDI

shake-up2Ataglance—

Foreign

directinvestmenthas

transformedindustries

from

oil

to

electronics.Providinginitial

fundingis

just

thestart;cross-borderdeals

that

takerootalso

transferknowledgeandspurongoingdomesticinvestment.

Today’spatternsofgreenfieldFDIannouncementssignala

newshake-up.—

FDIpromises

to

shape

advancedmanufacturing,

AIinfrastructure,

and

theresources

thatpower

them.

Since2022,

three-quarters

of

cross-border

announcements

have

gone

to

thesetypesof

future-shapingindustriesas

wellasenergyandminingprojects—up

fromabouthalfpre-2020.

Whilenotallannouncementsproceed,historically60

to80percenthave.—

Pledgedinvestmenthasincreasingly

followed

geopoliticallines.

Advancedeconomiesannouncedmoreinvestmentintooneanother—particularly

to

theUnited

States—butdecreasedflows

toChinabynearly70percent.Chinapivoted

fromnetinvestee

toprominentinvestorinfuture-shapingindustries,boostingannouncements

toEurope,Latin

America,and

theMiddleEastandNorth

Africabyover

two-thirds.Emergingeconomiesattractedinvestmentpledgesfromacross

thegeopoliticalspectrum.—

To

win

globally,multinationals

are

placing

bigger

bets.

While

megadeals

over$1billionrepresentonly

1percentofcross-borderdeals,

theyaccount

forhalf

the

total

value—a

jump

fromone-third

five

yearsago.Newdatacenters,semiconductor

fabs,andbattery

factoriesdon’tcomecheap.—

Stakes

arehigh

and

changeis

afoot.Ifsuccessful,FDIprojectsannouncedsince2022couldmore

thanquadruplecurrentbatterymanufacturingcapacityoutsideChina,nearlydouble

theglobaldatacentercapacity

thatpowers

AI,anddraw

theUnited

Statesinto

thecircleof

topleading-edgesemiconductor-producingnations.Patternslike

thesecanhelpdecisionmakersanticipate

theshiftinggeometryofglobal

tradeand

the

futuremapofinternationalbusiness.TheFDI

shake-up3IntroductionOil.

Copper.

Semiconductors.Foreign

direct

investment(FDI)has

seeded

and

transformed

theseandmanyotherglobalindustries.Cross-borderinvestmentsin

thelate

19thcentury

forged

theglobaloilindustryasmoneyandknow-how

flowed

from

theUnited

StatesandEurope

toBaku(present-day

Azerbaijan)and

Sumatra

(modern-dayIndonesia),

followedbyinvestmentaround

theglobein

the20thcentury.1

Similarly,foreigninvestmentsshapedmineral-richeconomies.Forexample,Chile’spositionasa

world-leadingcopperexporter

formostof

thepast

140

years

wascatalyzedbymultinational

firms

thatdeveloped

vastopen-pitminesand

transferredgeological,engineering,andoperationalexpertise.2FollowingWorldWarII,

foreigndirectinvestmentplayedacriticalroleinspurringglobalmanufacturing.3

SouthKorea’ssemiconductorindustry

firstemerged

fromsuccessivewavesofFDI,particularly

fromUSandJapanesemultinationals,startinginthe1970s.4

FDI

fueledChina’srise

tobecomealeadingmanufacturingpowerasmultinationalenterprisesbuilt

factories,transferredknowledge,andnurturedlaborandsupplierecosystems.5WhatcanFDI

today

tellusaboutglobalindustryin

the

future?Whiletomorrow’strademapisstillbeingdrawn,patternsmayemergefrommajorcompanies’announcementsofgreenfieldFDI.

Thesearecross-borderinvestments

thatcreate

freshproductive

capacitysuchasnewmines,

factories,anddatacentersinnewplaces.FDIoffersa

window

to

what’scoming.Since2017,

thegeometryofglobal

tradehasbeenshiftingtowardgeopoliticallycloserpartners,a

trend

thatcouldaccelerate,givennew

tariffs,securityconcerns,andmoremuscular,domesticallydrivenindustrialpolicies.Ouranalysisofabout200,000announcedFDIprojects

from2015

throughMay2025signalsthatgeopolitics

willplayanincreasingroleinglobal

trade(seesidebar“Methodology”).

WhileFDIstillbridges

vastgeographicdistances,

theaveragegeopoliticaldistanceofgreenfieldFDIannouncementssince2017shrankabout

two

times

faster

than

thatof

trade(Exhibit

1).6While

tomorrow’s

trade

map

is

still

beingdrawn,patternsmayemergefrommajorcompanies’

announcements

of

greenfield

FDI.TheFDI

shake-up4What

does

this

mean

for

economies?

Announced

projects

could

more

than

quadruple

batterymanufacturingcapacityoutsideChina,almostdouble

theglobaldatacentercapacity

thatpowers

AI,anddraw

theUnited

Statesinto

thecircleofnations

thatare

thebiggestproducersofleading-edge

semiconductors.7

TheseareexamplesofhowFDImaymold

future-shapingindustries

whilealsorewiring

cross-border

economic

ties.ThisreportexploresshiftsunderwayinFDIandoffers

foresight

fordecision-makersnavigatingahigh-stakesenvironmentofintensifyingglobaleconomiccompetitionandshiftinggeopoliticaldynamics.Exhibit

1Geopolitical

distance

has

fallen

twice

as

fast

for

FDI

as

for

trade.Greenfield

FDI

announcements

and

goods

trade

indicators,1

2005–May2025 Greenfield

FDI

announcements2

Goods

trade4.03.53.02.52.0 GFC

COVID-19Changesince20173

–7%geopoliticaldistanceof

–13%twiceasfast87654Globalfinancialcrisis

(GFC)FDIcontinuesto

travel

farand

furtherthan

trade…1Distance

measuresthevalue-weightedaveragedistance.Geopoliticaldistancemeasuresthevalue-weightedaverage

partnersimilarity

based

on

analysis

of

UN

GeneralAssemblyvotingpatternsbetween2005and2022.

Economieswithout

UN

representationareexcluded.23-yearrollingaverage.3Forgoodstrade,thisfigurerepresentsthechangebetween2017and2024.Source:

Usingdata

provided

byfDi

Markets;

UNComtrade;

UN

Digital

Library;Voeten(2017);World

Bank;

McKinseyGlobal

InstituteanalysisMcKinsey&CompanyGeographic

distance

traveled,thousandkm,value-weightedaverageGeopoliticaldistancetraveled,

0–10scale,value-weighted

average2005

201020152020

May20252005

201020152020

May2025TheFDI

shake-up5FDIdropped…but

theCOVID-19theinternationalbalanceofpayments).Suchaggregate

flowdatacanincludetransactions

thatdonotincreasecapacity.

Disbursementscanalsoincludesomeso-calledconduitFDI—counting

twicetheinvestment

flows

thatarerouted

from

asourcecountry

toaconduit

country

to

a

finaldestination.Whileinternationalstatisticalorganizationsmakesubstantial

efforts

toremovesuchdoublecounting,

theycannotdosoentirelybecauseofdatalimitationsandcomplex

financing

structures.2Thatsaid,announcements

areanimperfectmetric

withimportantlimitations.

Companiesmayeitherreviseupordownhowmuch

theyultimatelyspend,dependingonhowprojectimplementation

unfolds—andinsomecases,announceplans

thatnevermaterializeatall.

At

the

same

time,

therearenouniversalnorms

for

what

toincludeinannouncedproject

values.Companypracticesdiffer,

forexample,oncosts

for

sitepreparation(likeroadsandutilities),

furnitureandfixtures,softwarelicenses,andpatents.Furthermore,companiesaregenerallynotrequired

topubliclyannounce

theirFDIprojectsatall(thoughsometimesdisclosure

togovernmentauthoritiesismandatory)andinsomecasesmaychoosenot

to.

For

thesereasons,adollar

announcedisnotalwaysequivalent

toadollar

spent.3Still,FDIannouncementsarereliableindicatorsof

futureprojectson

theground.

Realizationrates(thatis,percentagescomparing

theoriginalFDIannouncements

with

theeventual

valueofprojectsactually

developed)arehard

topinpointandvarybyindustryandregion,butstudiesthat

trackprojects

fromannouncement

tocompletion,alongside

analysesbynationalstatisticalagenciesof

company-

reporteddata,generally

findratesabove

60percent.4Forexample,a

2025

analysis

foundthatabout80percentof

announcedinvestmentsin

theUnited

Statesbetween2017and2020ultimatelymaterialized,on

adollar-weightedaveragebasis.

Thisisdespitehigh-profileexceptions,suchas

an

electronics

factoryin

Wisconsin.5Our

data

source

for

greenfieldFDIannouncementsAnalysisofgreenfieldFDIannouncement

datain

thisreportuseddataprovidedby

fDiMarkets,

from

theFinancial

Times.Thedataset

covers

about

180,000individualrecordsannouncedbetween2015andMay2025,coveringmore

than190economiesand

all

sectors

of

theeconomy.Eachdatarecordcorrespondstoasingle

deal

announcedbya

singlemultinationalcompany.

Whenreporting

the

numberofdeals,

we

treateachindividualproduction

facility(oracompletelynewlargeline

withina

facility)separately.Asinglecorporate

announcement

canthereforeincludemultipledeals,andofcourse,

thesamedealcanbediscussedin

multipleannouncementsbut

wouldonlybe

capturedonceinour

analysis.Basedon

fDiMarketsdocumentation,eachindividualrecord’sassociatedcapitalinvestmentisderived,as

faraspossible,usingpublicdatalikecompany

announcements,

filings,andpressreleases.In

theabsenceofdisclosures,

fDiMarketsestimates

figuresbasedon

theirproprietaryalgorithm.

ThedataSidebarMethodologyTracking

greenfieldFDI—approach

andlimitationsThisreportstudies

thedynamicsofhow

multinationalsplanonreconfiguring

their

footprintsand

theimplications

for

thefutureofsectors

and

economies.Herewedescribeourapproach

for

doing

so,

highlightingareasoflimitation.Welook

at

greenfieldFDI,

a

subset

of

global

capital

flows

aimed

at

creatingnew

capacityOuranalysis

focusesongreenfieldFDI

projectsannouncedin

thelastdecade.Thesearecross-borderinvestmentprojects

thatcreatenetnewcapacity.Expansionsatexisting

sitesareincluded

asgreenfieldFDIaslongas

theyexpand

productivecapacity.1OurscopedoesnotincludeothertypesofFDI,suchasmergers

andacquisitions,since

theseinvolvechanges

ofownershiprather

thanchanges

toproductive

footprint.Furthermore,sinceonlygreenfieldFDIannouncementsareconsidered,ouranalysisdoesnot

coveranyprojectsdeveloped

whollybydomestic

companies(regardlessof

their

financing,evenifinpart

from

foreignsources).Our

analysis

focuses

on

announcementsof

greenfieldFDIAnnouncementsofFDIprovide

forward-

lookingindicationsofproductivecapacity

creationandcanbeanalyzedatagranular

level.

Thatiswhythisreportanalyzescompanies’statedinvestmentplans,not

theactualdisbursementsofFDI(flowsofcapitalacrossbordersregisteredin1

Colloquially,expansions

atexisting

sitesare

sometimesreferred

toas

“brownfield.”2

Theriseof

phantomFDIin

globaltax

havens,InternationalMonetaryFund,

September2019;BrunoCasella,MariaBorga,

andKonstantinM.

Wacker,

Measuringmultinational

production

with

foreign

direct

investment

statistics:Recent

trends,challenges,

and

developments,IMF

working

paper

WP/23/113,International

MonetaryFund,

June2023.3

“Methodologicalnote

forgreenfield

foreigndirectinvestment(FDI)2003

to2023,”UKDepartment

forBusiness

and

Trade,February26,2025.4

Forabottom-upanalysisofprojects,

seeCathyGeBaoandMaggie

XiaoyangChen,2018.

“Foreignrivalsarecoming

to

town:Responding

to

the

threatof

foreignmultinationalentry,”

AmericanEconomic

Journal:

AppliedEconomics,2018,

Volume

10,Number

4.National

statistics

agenciesoften

alsocollectdata

forestimatingrealizationratesbasedonofficialdataon

“contractedFDI”(committedatapproval)and

“utilizedFDI”(actualdisbursement).

See

Abigail

S.Hornstein,

“Words

vsactions:International

variationin

thepropensity

to

fulfilinvestmentpledgesinChina,”ChinaEconomicReview,2017,

Volume

45;

ReportonForeignDirectInvestment,

VietnamMinistryofPlanning

andInvestment.

Areviewofmultiple

studiesofemerging

Asianeconomiesisincludedin

HandbookonPolicies,PromotionandFacilitationof

ForeignDirectInvestmentfor

sustainabledevelopment

in

AsiaandthePacific,UNEconomic

and

SocialCommission

for

Asia

and

thePacific(ESCAP),2017.5

“Globaleconomics

comment:

“TrackinginboundUSinvestmentannouncements,”Goldman

Sachs,May

16,2025.TheFDI

shake-up6Sidebar

(continued)Methodologysetalsoassigns

a

“source

economy”and

“destinationeconomy”

toeachrecord.

Thesourceis

thecountryinwhich

theultimateparentcompanyisheadquartered.Formultinationals

withduallistingsor

jointheadquarters,asingle

locationisassignedthatof

theoriginalheadquarters.

Thedestinationisbasedon

thephysicallocationof

theprojects

to

bedeveloped.

Wehavenotindependently

verified

thisdata.We

analyze

databyregion

and

country

as

well

asby

sectorWegroupeconomiesintoeightregions.Threeregionsrepresentourgroupofadvancedeconomies:UnitedStatesandCanada;Europe,including

theEuropean

Union(EU),

theUnitedKingdom(UK),Switzerland,Norway,andagroupofother

smallereconomies

thatinaggregateaccount

foraround3percentofFDIintheregion;andadvanced

Asia(Australia,

Japan,New

Zealand,Singapore,South

Korea,and

Taiwan).6

WeaggregateMainlandChina,HongKong,andMacao

aspartof

theChinaregion.Finally,fourregionsrepresentouremergingeconomies:Latin

Americaand

theCaribbean,

theMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(whichalsoincludes

Türkiye),sub-Saharan

Africa,andemerging

Asia(which

includesAsia

Pacificexcludingeconomies

inadvanced

AsiaandChina).Unlessexplicitlystated,

flows

within

Europeareincludedinglobal

totals.However,

whendiscussingEuropespecificallyandcomparingit

withotherregions,intra-European

flowsareexcluded

andcorrespondinglynoted.7Sectorsareestablished

at

the

deallevelrather

thanat

thelevelof

theannouncingcompany.Conglomerates,

forexample,canannounceinvestments

acrossabroadswath

ofindustries.

fDiMarkets

taxonomyconsidersnearly270subsectors,

which

weaggregateintosixhigh-levelgroups:

advancedmanufacturing(knowledge-intensiveindustriesincludingsemiconductors,automotiveandbatteries,pharmaceuticals,

andothers),communicationsand

software

(includingdatacentersinaddition

to

other

softwareservicesand

telecommunications

services),energy(including

fossil

fuelsand

renewableenergy),metalsandminerals,basicmanufacturingandconsumerproducts(includinglessknowledge-intensivemanufacturinglikerubberand

plasticsor

textiles),andoperational

and

professionalservices(abroadrangespanningconstruction,logistics,and

financialandbusinessservices).We

adjust

forinflation

and,

to

correct

forvolatility,use

two

comparison

periodsWeinflation-adjustallnumbers

to2024

dollar

terms.

Then,becauseannualfiguresare

volatile,

weavoid

single-yearcomparisonsandinsteaduse

timewindows.

Themostrecentcovers2022throughMay2025,

tomake

theanalysisas

currentaspossible(initial

testingof

Junedata,not

fullyavailableat

timeof

writing,suggests

thatincludingit

wouldkeepabroadlyconstantpicture).

Wecompare

this

withareferenceperiodof2015

through2019.

Weexclude2020and2021due

toCOVID-19-related

turbulence.Forcomparabilityacross

timeperiodsofdifferentlength,allnumbersareannualized.Forexample,

for

theperiodfrom

January2022

toMay2025,

we

takeall

values

from

January2022

toMay2025

anddivide

thembyapproximately3.4.8Toinvestigate

whether

trendsofFDIannouncementshaveshifted

this

year,wealsorunsome

analyseson2025dataalone.

Tocompare

them

with

the2022-to-2024interval,

weannualizedataup

to

Maybyscalingitup

toa

fullyear.

Theseannualized

figuresshouldnotbeseenasaprojectionbutrathera

well-definedwayofmakingdatacomparable

for

thepurposeofanalysis.Ingeneral,FDI

flows

arequite

volatile,becauselargeprojectscanshiftoverallnumbers,as

can

ahostof

other

factorslikecommoditypricesandexchange

rates.This

may

be

even

morethecaseover

aperiodlike

the

first

fivemonthsof2025,during

which

there

wasconsiderableuncertaintyabout

tariffsandothercross-borderconsiderations.Infact,2025dataislumpier

thanany

otheryearweve

examined.Forexample,March

2025corresponds

to

thehighestmonthofannouncedgreenfieldFDIonrecord,whileMay2025corresponds

to

thelowest

in

thelastdecade,meaningextrapolations

from2025

searlymonthsareparticularly

uncertain.To

estimatepotentialFDIimpact

oncapacity

in

a

few

specific

industries,

weexamine

the

largest

projects

in

detailToestimatepotentialcapacityincreasesforsomeindustriessuchasbatteriesanddatacentersweexamine

foreseencapacity

foreachofatleast

thelargest20announcementsin

thatindustry.9

This

enablesus

toderiveaninitialdollar-to-capacityratio,

which

wecalibrate

withindustrybenchmarksand

thenapplyacrossallFDIannouncementsin

thatindustry.Fordatacenters,

forexample,

we

considerdollarspermegawatt.6

TheothereconomiesinEuropeinclude

Albania,

Andorra,Belarus,Bosnia-Herzegovina,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Moldova,Monaco,Montenegro,NorthMacedonia,

RepublicofKosovo,

SanMarino,

Serbia,andUkraine.7

Intra-European

flows

are

almost

whollydrivenbetweencountries

withdeepeconomicintegration

fromboth

a

trade

andinvestmentperspective,

with

free-tradeagreements

amongeachother.

About60percentof

flowsoccur

within

theEuropeanUnion,about30percentcorrespondmostly

to

flowsbetween

theUnitedKingdomand

theEuropeanUnion,andabout

10percentoccurbetween

theEuropeanUnionandcountriesof

theEuropeanFree

Trade

Association(Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway,

and

Switzerland).8

Forty-onemonthsofdata,

dividedby

12.9

In

thecaseofleading-edge

semiconductors,

theanalysislooksatallannouncedgreenfieldFDIprojectsascapturedin

theMcKinsey

Semiconductor

SupplyandDemand

Model.In

thecaseofmetalsandminerals,

theanalysislooksat

thelargest

120projects,of

which

44relate

toironand

steeland62relate

to

criticalminerals.TheFDI

shake-up7CHAPTER

1FDIpromisestomold

the

industriesof

the

futureAnnouncedFDI

flowsincreasingly

targetindustries

that

willshape

theglobaleconomyand

theresources

thatpower

them.Future-shapingindustriesincludedatacenterspoweringartificialintelligence(AI),semiconductor

fabrication

facilities(fabs),electric

vehicle(EV)andbatterymanufacturing

facilities,andarangeofotheradvancedmanufacturing

frompharmaceuticals

torobots(seesidebar“Whatare

future-shapingindustries?”).Together,

future-shapingindustriesandresourcesaccounted

for

three-quartersofgreenfieldFDIannouncements

from2022

through

May2025.In

inflation-adjusted,2024-dollar

terms,

this

wasup

fromaround55percentduring

the2015

to2019period—thepre-COVID-19period

weuseasabaseline

forcomparison(Exhibit2).8

Suchinvestmentscouldsubstantiallyexpand

thecapacityoftheseindustriesandshift

theirglobal

footprintintonewlocations.Together,future-shaping

industries

andresources

accounted

for

three-quartersof

greenfield

FDI

announcementsfrom2022through

May2025.TheFDI

shake-up9Note:All$figuresareintermsof2024

USdollars.1Includes

businessservices,constructionandrealestate,financialservices,healthcare,

hotels

andtourism,

leisure

and

entertainment,

andtransportation

and

warehousing.2Includesbuildingmaterials,

chemicals,consumer

products,foodand

beverage,glass,paper,plastics,

rubber,textiles,and

wood.

3Includesbroadcasting,cloudinfrastructure,computerprogrammingservices,datacenters,telecommunications,

and

video

games.4Includes

aerospace

and

defense,

automotiveandbatteries,electronics,industrialmachinery,

medical

devices,

othertransport

equipment,

pharmaceuticals,and

semiconductors.

5Includesthe

extractionandprocessingofminerals,aswellasthe

production

of

metal

products,

such

as

steelmaking.6Includes

coal,

oil,

and

gasextraction,transportand

processing,renewableenergygeneration,andproductionof

low-emissionfuels

such

as

hydrogen

and

its

derivatives.

Does

not

include

solar

panel

and

other

equipmentmanufacturing,whichareincludedinadvanced

manufacturing.Source:

UsingdataprovidedbyfDi

Markets;

McKinseyGlobal

InstituteanalysisMcKinsey&CompanyThisshiftreflectsthestructureof

thesesectors:

Theyare

winner-takes-most,

technologicallyadvanced,andcapitalintensive,soonlyahandfulofglobal

firmshave

thecapabilities

tocompete.At

thesame

time,governments,eager

tohost

themandreducerelianceongeopoliticallydistantpartners,aredeployingpowerfulcarrotsandsticks.

Theresultisasurgeofannouncedmegadeals

(exceeding$1billion)

thatdrivemostFDIgrowthandshape

theglobaleconomy.Incontrast,annualannouncedinvestmentsinconventionalindustrieshavedroppedbymorethan30percent.

Thiscategoryincludesa

widerangeofbasicmanufacturingsectors—includingconsumerproducts,

foodandbeverages,and

textiles—as

wellasoperationalandprofessionalservices,abroadcategory

thatspansconstruction,realestate,logistics,and

financialservices.This

year

has

brought

fresh

uncertainty.International

trade

surged

into

the

public

spotlight

in

April2025,when

theUnitedStatesunveiledlarge

tariffs.Since

then,

theUnitedStateshasannouncedtradedealswithmultiplecountries.Someincludepledgesof

futureinvestmentinto

theUnitedStates;detailsremainpending.Still,uncertaintypersists