Micron Starts $9.3 Billion Expansion of Hiroshima Chip Plant
Micron broke ground over the weekend on a $9.3 billion expansion of its memory chip factory in Hiroshima, Japan. The construction launch represents a major capital commitment as the semiconductor manufacturer ramps up production capacity to meet sustained demand from artificial intelligence developers.
The Hiroshima facility is a strategic priority for Micron, designed to bolster production of advanced memory chips critical for data-center AI workloads. The expansion follows a broader wave of investment across the global chip industry as companies race to build out storage hardware for next-generation processing and machine learning tasks.
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