Micron is about halfway through constructing its new plant for memory-chip manufacturing in Southeast Boise.
Micron broke ground on the site of its $15 billion government-subsidized fab (industry shorthand for semiconductor-fabrication factory) in September 2022 and expects to complete construction in late 2025.
The Idaho Statesman reports production is slated to begin in 2026.
Micron’s primary research-and-development center at its Boise campus is about a five-minute drive from the site of the new fab.
The 600,000-square-foot plant will bring chip manufacturing back to the company’s home base in Boise.
Micron estimates that the fab will lead to 2,000 jobs at the company itself, plus 15,000 indirect jobs related to the services and support the plant will require.
