Kioxia and Sandisk will invest over $31.4 billion to increase chip production. This significant investment will occur over the next six years in Japan. A new facility in Kitakami will produce high-density 3D flash memory chips. These chips are essential for managing massive artificial intelligence workloads. The move aims to ease global shortages and reduce electronics costs.

Kioxia Holdings will invest over ¥1 trillion in a new NAND flash memory fab at its Kitakami Plant in Iwate, targeting AI data center storage

Japanese company follows Korean rivals Samsung, SK Hynix in boosting output