Largest Semiconductor Facility in US Breaks Ground

The United States’ share of global chip manufacturing capacity has declined ’sharply' over the past decades, down from 37 percent in 1990 to 10 percent in 2022.

Semiconductor chips on a circuit board of a computer, in this illustration picture taken Feb. 25, 2022. Reuters/Florence Lo/Illustration/ File Photo

Micron Technology, Inc. broke ground at a $100 billion semiconductor facility in New York state on Jan. 16, and the project is expected to deliver “the most advanced memory manufacturing in the world,” the company said in a statement on Jan. 16. The manufacturing complex is being built in Onondaga County.

“With up to four fabs, this will be the largest semiconductor facility in the United States, generating 50,000 jobs in New York,” the company said.