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Micron opens India's first commercial chip assembly plant

By Startup Enthusiast · 28 February 2026

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Micron makes memory chips like DRAM and NAND used in computers and phones

It opened a $2.75 billion assembly and test plant in Sanand, Gujarat, and shipped first modules to Dell

The plant is India's first commercial semiconductor assembly and test operation, with volumes expected to reach hundreds of millions by 2027

Micron opened a semiconductor assembly and test plant in Sanand, Gujarat.
The total investment in the facility is $2.75 billion.
The plant converts DRAM and NAND wafers from Micron's global fabs into finished memory and storage products.
The first phase cleanroom space is over 500,000 square feet.
The facility started commercial production and shipped its first made-in-India memory modules to Dell Technologies for locally made laptops.
Micron expects to assemble and test tens of millions of chips at the site in 2026.
Volumes are projected to scale to hundreds of millions by 2027.
The plant is India's first commercial semiconductor assembly and test operation.

The inauguration was attended by PM Narendra Modi, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra.
Micron initially disclosed plans for the Sanand facility in 2023, aiming to create up to 5,000 direct jobs.
The central government approved Micron's proposal to set up SEZs in June 2025 to boost semiconductor and electronics manufacturing.
Vaishnaw announced that Tata Electronics is working on a semiconductor fab in Dholera to help Indian semiconductor startups build prototype chips.

Micron makes memory chips like DRAM and NAND used in computers, phones, and other electronics.
The Sanand plant assembles and tests memory modules from wafers made at Micron's global fabrication plants.
The plant's first customer is Dell Technologies, which will use the modules in laptops made in India.
Micron expects to produce tens of millions of chips at the site in 2026 and hundreds of millions by 2027.