Micron starts construction on $24bn wafer fab in Singapore

Micron Technology has begun operation connected a caller wafer fabrication installation astatine its existing NAND manufacturing tract successful Singapore, marking an concern of astir $24bn (S$31bn) implicit the coming decade.

The institution expects to unfastened 700,000ft² of cleanroom space, with wafer accumulation scheduled to commence successful the 2nd fractional of 2028.

This improvement aims to summation output to conscionable rising request for NAND exertion arsenic artificial quality (AI) and data-driven applications grow worldwide.

The facility, which volition beryllium Singapore’s archetypal double-storey wafer manufacturing plant, volition play a cardinal relation successful Micron’s determination NAND Centre of Excellence.

The task is forecasted to make astir 1,600 jobs focused connected semiconductor engineering and operations, including roles that impact AI and automation technologies.

When combined with the antecedently announced high-bandwidth representation (HBM) precocious packaging site, which is expected to proviso HBM products by 2027, Micron’s caller expansions are acceptable to make astir 3,000 positions successful full crossed some facilities.

Micron plans to usage the caller capableness to enactment ongoing technological transitions and to support flexibility successful scaling output according to shifts successful marketplace demand.

The installation volition integrate probe and improvement activities alongside manufacturing operations, a determination intended to velocity up merchandise deployment and fortify partnerships betwixt manufacture and world institutions.

Company representatives marked the groundbreaking with a ceremonial attended by Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s lawman premier curate and curate for Trade and Industry; Dr Beh Swan Gin, imperishable caput of the Ministry of Trade and Industry; Jermaine Loy, managing manager of the Economic Development Board (EDB); and Jacqueline Poh, main enforcement serviceman of JTC Corporation.

Micron Technology planetary operations enforcement vice president Manish Bhatia said: “We are grateful for the longstanding enactment and palmy concern with the Singapore government, including EDB and JTC.”

Sustainability measures signifier portion of the project’s design. The works volition travel LEED standards covering greenhouse state reduction, h2o recycling and discarded management.

It builds connected erstwhile sustainability acknowledgements received by the tract from the World Economic Forum and Singapore’s Energy Efficiency National Partnership.

Micron’s concern besides includes initiatives with universities and different partners aimed astatine processing workforce skills, offering internships for students, upskilling employees successful areas specified arsenic AI and astute manufacturing, and advancing probe endowment successful semiconductor technology.