Micron Technology CEO vows deeper Taiwan investment as AI grows

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Micron Technology CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said the company will expand investment and advanced memory production in Taiwan to meet rising AI demand, CNA reported Tuesday.

In a prerecorded address to the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Semicon Network Summit, Mehrotra said Taiwan has become one of the world's most important semiconductor hubs. He said Micron has grown alongside Taiwan's semiconductor industry during its 30 years of operations in the country.

CTEE reported that Micron has invested more than NT$1.4 trillion (US$44.1 billion) in Taiwan and employs more than 15,000 people. The ministry described the US memory chipmaker as one of Taiwan's largest foreign investors.

Mehrotra said Micron began in Taiwan with a small office three decades ago and has since built some of its largest and most advanced manufacturing operations in the country. Its Taiwan facilities produce advanced memory products, including high-bandwidth memory used in AI computing.

Demand for high-bandwidth memory has surged as companies build more powerful AI systems that need to move large amounts of data quickly between processors and memory. Mehrotra said Micron plans to expand production capacity in Taiwan to help meet that demand, per Economic Daily News.

Micron's Taiwan operations are also closely linked with other major technology companies. Mehrotra said the company works with TSMC on advanced packaging and the integration of memory and logic chips, while MediaTek and Asus are among its customers and partners.

He said closer cooperation across the semiconductor supply chain is becoming more important as AI systems increasingly depend on the integration of processors, memory, packaging, and other technologies. Taiwan's concentration of chipmakers, suppliers, and skilled workers makes it a key part of Micron's global manufacturing network, he said.

Mehrotra said Taiwan's importance to Micron extends beyond investment, pointing to its engineering talent, technical expertise, and capacity for innovation. He said those strengths will remain important as the company develops advanced memory products for the next generation of AI computing.

He also highlighted Micron employees' involvement in local disaster relief. More than 250 employees contributed over 7,000 hours to cleanup and recovery work following storm damage in Hualien, which he said reflected the company's deeper ties with Taiwan.

Mehrotra said Micron will continue expanding its role in Taiwan as global demand for AI memory grows. He said the company's Taiwan operations will remain an important base for supplying advanced memory products to customers worldwide.