Micron plans second chip facility at newly acquired Taiwan site


Micron logo at the company’s booth at the 8th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China, November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

TAIPEI, March ⁠16 (Reuters) - U.S. memory chipmaker ⁠Micron Technology said on ‌Monday it plans to build a second manufacturing facility in ​Taiwan at the ⁠Tongluo site ⁠it recently acquired from Powerchip ⁠Semiconductor Manufacturing ‌Corp.

The new facility will help ⁠it expand supply of leading-edge ​DRAM ‌products including high-bandwidth memory (HBM) ⁠to support ​surging AI demand, the company said.

Micron also ⁠said it has completed ​the acquisition of PSMC’s Tongluo P5 site and the ⁠new second facility would be of similar scale to the existing fab in ​Miaoli County.

Construction ⁠is scheduled to begin ​by the end ‌of fiscal 2026.

(Reporting ​by Wen-Yee Lee; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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