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Micron breaks ground on $9bn Hiroshima expansion to chase AI memory demand
Micron Technology broke ground on Saturday on a ¥1.5 trillion, roughly 9.3bn, expansion of its factory in Hiroshima, western Japan, the company’s latest bet on the AI memory boom that has already pushed its market value past 1 trillion. The Boise, Idaho based chipmaker will use the site to produce high-bandwidth memory, the stacked DRAM [] This story continues at The Next Web
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The Eastern Herald
· Jul 5, 2026
Micron Just Bet $9.3 Billion That It Can Catch SK Hynix
Micron broke ground on a 9.3 billion Hiroshima fab built entirely for AI memory chips, with Tokyo covering a third of the bill. The wager: that by 2028, it can take real share from SK Hynix in the one memory market actually growing.
The Motley Fool
· Jul 2, 2026
Micron vs. Sandisk: Which Stock Is the Better Buy for the AI Memory Boom?
Both are benefiting from surging demand for data center memory.
The korea Herald News
· Jul 5, 2026
[Yoo Choon-sik] Korea’s trillion-dollar AI push meets skepticism
Buoyed by soaring prices of high-performance semiconductors for the AI industry that the country exports, the South Korean government early last week unveiled medium- to long-term investment plans totaling some 1 trillion. But the announcement failed to win much enthusiasm from financial markets or overseas industry circles amid suspicion that political motives overwhelmed economic logic. Flanked by the heads of two of the world’s three largest producers of AI memory chips, President Lee Jae My
Investing.com
· Jul 4, 2026
Micron breaks ground on $9.3bn Japan expansion to boost AI memory output
Micron breaks ground on $9.3bn Japan expansion to boost AI memory output
Seeking Alpha
· Jun 27, 2026
This Week's Market Wrap: AI Memory Shock, Crude Cracks, And Data Boxes In The Fed
This Week's Market Wrap: AI Memory Shock, Crude Cracks, And Data Boxes In The Fed
KSAT San Antonio
· Jun 23, 2026
AI stock slump raises the question if investors are just taking profits or getting very nervous
Tech companies are spending big on AI, but investors might be getting nervous.
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