Micron has reportedly suspended construction plans for its $3 billion to $4.5 billion Fab 11E memory-chip facility in Taoyuan, Taiwan, amid a labour dispute, Invezz reported on 5 November. The factory was scheduled to begin production in 2028 and was expected to make DRAM and high-bandwidth memory for AI data centres.
Workers have sought a permanent arrangement distributing 15% of Micron’s global operating profits among employees. The company reached an agreement with its Taichung union in October, while the separate Taoyuan union remains dissatisfied with the terms. The Taoyuan union had set a 22 October strike date in the bonus dispute.
Micron’s shares fell around 7% on 4 November and declined another 2% in premarket trading on 5 November. Micron told Bloomberg that its existing Taiwan operations continued normally and that it remained confident it could maintain service to customers. Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs said it backed the legal agreement Micron had reached with the union and would join the local government in efforts to settle their differences.
