Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU) announced that on Jan. 16, 2026, it will officially break ground on its megafab in Onondaga County, New York, following a period of rigorous environmental review and necessary permit approvals that has now positioned the company to begin ground preparation and construction at the site.
The company describes the project as the largest private investment in New York state history, framing the megafab as a future home to the most advanced memory manufacturing in the world. Micron positions this new capacity as critical to helping meet the growing demands of the Artificial Intelligence systems that are central to the modern economy, signaling the strategic importance of high performance memory for data intensive workloads.
According to Micron, the New York megafab will include up to four fabs, and with this planned scale, the company states that it will be the largest semiconductor facility in the United States. The announcement underscores both the industrial ambition of the project and its intended role in supporting the expanding infrastructure behind Artificial Intelligence driven services and applications.
