Micron has all but halted construction of a new memory chip plant in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Bloomberg reported, putting capacity planned for 2028 in doubt.

The plant, Fab 11E, was meant to make DRAM and high-bandwidth memory, the stacked memory used next to AI accelerators.

Micron had budgeted $3 billion to $4.5 billion for it. Only limited safety and maintenance work remains at the site.

The cause is a labour dispute. The union, about 2,400 of the site's roughly 3,000 workers, wants 15 percent of operating profit shared.

On 7 October the union won the legal right to strike, with 1,994 of 2,012 votes in favour.

Micron has not confirmed the pause. It says its Taiwan operations continue as normal and its existing factories are running.

Taiwan makes roughly 60 percent of Micron's DRAM, so any delay is being watched by PC makers and AI hardware buyers.

Micron reached a separate deal with its larger Taichung union on 21 October. Taiwan's economy ministry says it will help both sides in Taoyuan.

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