Micron Celebrates Official Groundbreaking at New York Megafab Site

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• Advancing AI depends on having a strong, reliable supply chain, and cutting-edge memory technology is a key part of that

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• Micron's investment in New York means tens of thousands of great American jobs and strong supply chains back in the USA

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• Micron's New York fab marks a major step forward for the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem; memory bandwidth and system-level innovation are becoming foundational to next-generation compute

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• The Micron groundbreaking reflects years of partnerships across government and private sector to align infrastructure, workforce training, and state and federal policy; it strengthens America's national security

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• Production is expected to start in 2030 with the fabs ramping throughout the decade

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• Breaking ground at Micron's New York megafab underscores commitment to building leading-edge memory at scale in the United States

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• Micron's New York megafab will strengthen the domestic supply chain and support innovation required to meet accelerating AI demand

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• Apple is bullish on the future of American manufacturing and Micron has been an important partner providing memory technologies for Apple products for more than two decades

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• Advanced memory has become essential as AI transforms every industry, and Micron is strengthening America's AI infrastructure and supply chain resilience

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• AI is being built into every application and every workflow, and memory is foundational to delivering that intelligence with the performance and efficiency needed at scale

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• The New York megafab will be the most advanced memory manufacturing in the world and will help meet the growing demands of AI systems

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• This is the largest semiconductor manufacturing facility in U.S. history; Schumer credits the CHIPS & Science Law for enabling this investment

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• Micron's investment in U.S. memory manufacturing is a major win for the technology ecosystem; advanced domestically built memory will be foundational to the AI-driven future

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• Micron's investment in expanding memory manufacturing capacity is critical to ensuring the performance, reliability, and scale that AWS customers depend on

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• Advanced memory plays a critical role in unlocking the potential of AI and high-performance computing; Micron's New York megafab is an important investment in strengthening the U.S. semiconductor supply chain

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• Environmental protection and economic growth is not a binary choice; cooperative federalism and streamlined permitting can unleash American energy and attract investment

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• Micron breaking ground in Central New York marks the transition from promise to progress on one of the most significant economic development projects in New York state history

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• The New York project is the largest private investment in New York state history

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• This once-in-a-generation investment will create family-sustaining careers across Central New York; Department of Labor is partnering with Micron, community colleges, and local labor organizations to build the skilled workforce pipeline

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