PM Modi to Inaugurate Micron’s Rs.22,516 Crore Semiconductor ATMP Plant in Sanand

Ahmedabad | Gujarat — India’s semiconductor ambitions take a decisive leap forward today as Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates Micron Technology’s state-of-the-art ATMP (Assembly, Testing, Marking and Packaging) facility in Sanand, Gujarat.

Modi is scheduled to land at Ahmedabad airport at 3 pm before heading to Sanand, where he will formally dedicate the ₹22,516 crore facility to the nation and address a public gathering. After the event, he will depart for Chennai.

The inauguration marks a milestone moment for India’s electronics manufacturing ecosystem, with the country set to witness commercial production and shipment of its first made-in-India semiconductor memory modules.

₹22,516 Crore Investment, 5,000 Jobs

Developed by Micron Technology’s Indian arm, the Sanand plant represents one of the largest semiconductor investments in the country to date. The project is expected to generate around 5,000 direct and indirect jobs, strengthening Gujarat’s position as a manufacturing powerhouse.

Officials say the facility will manufacture memory and storage products, including SSDs and RAM modules, catering to both domestic and global markets.

“This plant signals the beginning of a new semiconductor revolution in India,” a senior official associated with the project said. “For the first time, advanced memory modules will be assembled and packaged on Indian soil.”

First Under India Semiconductor Mission

The semiconductor unit was the first proposal approved under the India Semiconductor Mission in 2023. The groundbreaking ceremony was held in September that year, and construction began soon after central approval.

Once fully operational, the Sanand ATMP facility will feature approximately 500,000 square feet of cleanroom space, making it one of the largest raised-floor cleanrooms globally. The plant is designed to meet rising global demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing and data storage expansion.

How the ATMP Plant Works

Semiconductor production begins with sand, from which pure silicon is extracted. The silicon is melted into cylindrical ingots and sliced into thin wafers. These wafers undergo photolithography and layering processes in fabrication plants to create transistors and memory structures.

The wafers are then cut into individual chips, which are sent to ATMP facilities. At Sanand, these chips will be assembled, rigorously tested for speed and performance, marked and finally packaged into finished products such as integrated circuit modules and solid-state drives.

Advanced DRAM and NAND wafers from Micron’s global manufacturing network will be processed here into final memory products.

A Strategic Shift for India

The inauguration is widely seen as a strategic shift in India’s efforts to reduce semiconductor imports and build domestic capability in a sector critical to electronics, AI and digital infrastructure.