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Micron opens its chip assembly and test plant in Sanand, India

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Source: MicronAlso reported by Computer Weekly

Micron’s assembly and test facility in Sanand, Gujarat, a roughly $2.75bn project backed by India’s central and state governments, opened on 28 February 2026 at a ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with commercial production under way. It turns DRAM and NAND wafers into finished memory and storage products; once fully ramped, its first phase will have more than 500,000 sq ft of cleanroom.

Why it matters

India makes finished DRAM and NAND memory, a component AI servers depend on, at a roughly $2.75bn Sanand plant built with central and state government support.

When
28 Feb 2026
ID
WTA-N-2026-0027
Who
Micron, MeitY; Narendra Modi, Ashwini Vaishnaw

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from Micron and the reporting credited above. We could not open the primary document, so it is marked Reported. Checked against the source on 7 Oct 2026.

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Earlier in this Storyline: What led hereMicron commits up to $825m to a chip assembly and test plant in Sanand, Gujarat

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WTA-N-2026-0027: “Micron opens its chip assembly and test plant in Sanand, India.” wheresthe.ai, 28 Feb 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/in-micron-sanand-atmp-opens-2026-03/ (source: Micron).

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