MICRON

CEO SPEAKER SERIES - OCTOBER 4

Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology, discussed the future benefits of cutting edge memory manufacturing in Boise and the USA during his fireside chat with Dr. Marlene Tromp, President of Boise State University, at the Boise Metro Chamber’s second 2023 CEO Speaker Series. The event took place at the Stueckle Sky Center.

Mehrotra shared news about the $15 billion expansion of Micron’s Boise campus which will be the size of 10 football fields. “Micron is a great source of pride for Boise and the United States,” stated Mehrotra.

“We are working hard to help develop and advance the workforce for the future starting with a dedication to bringing back production to Boise and the United States.” He said the facility is estimated to bring 2,000 direct jobs and 15,000 community jobs over the next ten years. “This expansion project will improve wages in the community and aide child poverty.”

“Currently only 2% of memory is made in the U.S., and it is all produced by Micron,” shared Mehrotra. Micron has its sites set on increasing domestic production over the next two decades through the manufacturing plant in Boise, and a megafab, which will be the largest semiconductor fabrication facility in the United state, in Syracuse, New York. These plants will, “Strengthen U.S. technology leadership as well as economic and national security, driving American innovation and competitiveness for decades to come,” according to Sanjay Mehrotra.

Mehrotra predicted Micron will have a very important role in the development of AI since Micron is creating the industry’s fasted high bandwidth memory (HBM) which is also low powered.

He thanked Dr. Marlene Tromp and Boise State University for being one of their biggest sources of recruiting, BVEP for it’s partnership, and Mayor Lauren McLean and Governor Brad Little for their support.

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