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Micron Technology said on Thursday it plans to spend $10 billion on its newly established research \u200blab at Boise, Idaho, over the next decade \u200cto advance memory technologies, develop compute systems and support future chip manufacturing.<\/strong><\/p>\n Large memory chipmakers such as Micron, Samsung Electronics \u200band SK Hynix have been benefiting from a \u200bsurge in demand from the rapid expansion \u2060of AI infrastructure.<\/span><\/p>\n Here are some details:<\/span><\/p>\n Micron Research Labs \u200bwill bring together customers, academia, government and the broader \u200bsemiconductor ecosystem to pursue breakthroughs, the company said.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The latest investment builds on the\u00a0more than $250 billion\u00a0that Micron had separately committed \u200bto manufacturing and R&D across the United States.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The \u200blab will be connected to Micron\u2019s research and technology footprint across \u200cthe \u2060U.S., Europe, Japan, India, Singapore and Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Growing adoption of AI workloads and infrastructure buildout have boosted demand for high-bandwidth memory, which rapidly feeds data to \u200bAI accelerators, making \u200bit a \u2060critical component of modern computing infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The Trump administration has prioritized domestic chip manufacturing \u200bin a bid to reduce foreign dependence, \u200bboost \u2060the economic output and maintain its lead in the AI race.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Micron expects to break ground on the \u2060facility in \u200b2027, which will be capable \u200bof hosting hundreds of researchers and facilitating international conferences and workshops.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n