Since 2021, Micron Technology has been working to bring more chip manufacturing back to the U.S. following the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act. The memory chip manufacturer is now constructing its first new fabrication facility in southeast Boise, with a second facility already in ground preparation.
Scott Gatzemeier, Micron’s corporate vice president of front-end U.S. expansion, said the federal legislation helped fast-track construction of the company’s expansion.
“Before the CHIPS and Science Act passed, we were lobbying to get those bills passed. We were, I’d say, influential in what those bills look like. These fabs here make a tremendous amount of sense because we’re co-located with our technology development in our headquarters,” Gatzemeier said…