With more than $2 billion in facility-specific investment and 340 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →The semiconductors context.
Semiconductor fabrication plants, known as fabs, rank among the most capital-intensive industrial facilities ever built—often requiring $10–$30 billion and several years from groundbreaking to initial production. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 accelerated a U.S. construction cycle spanning advanced chip fabrication, legacy-node production, semiconductor equipment, packaging, and critical materials. These projects create long-term manufacturing footprints while attracting suppliers, infrastructure investment, and specialized technical work.
At a glance
- Company
- Micron
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Location
- Manassas, Virginia
- Investment
- More than $2.00B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 340
- Status
- Operational
- Announced
- Dec 10, 2024
- Operations began
- May 22, 2026
- Added to tracker
- Aug 28, 2026
Official references
- Micron's start of 1-alpha DRAM manufacturing and Manassas expansion update https://investors.micron.com/news/press-release/2026/Micron-Advances-Made-in-America-Memory-With-Manufacturing-Expansion-in-Virginia/default.aspx
- NIST CHIPS Manassas location page: modernization, expansion and 400 manufacturing/facility jobs https://www.nist.gov/chips/micron-virginia-manassas
- U.S. Department of Commerce / NIST, CHIPS incentives announcement, December 10, 2024 https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/12/department-commerce-awards-chips-incentives-micron-idaho-and-new-york
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Manassas DRAM Manufacturing Expansion — Micron, Manassas, VA." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/micron-manassas-dram-manufacturing-expansion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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